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Courtesy photo James Bickley Elementary School fourth-grader Jonathon Jovett sent his Flat Stanley to his grandfather in Guam who took Flat Stanley scuba diving. He went scuba diving in Guam and to the opera in England. His name is Flat Stanley. He is a creation of third, fourth and fifth graders at James Bickley Elementary School led by librarian Danielle Defibaugh. The Flat Stanley project involves students cutting out and coloring in their Flat Stanley — an outline of a person — writing letters to family and...
Courtesy photo James Bickley Elementary School fourth-grader Jonathon Jovett sent his Flat Stanley to his grandfather in Guam who took Flat Stanley scuba diving. He went scuba diving in Guam and to the opera in England. His name is Flat Stanley. He is a creation of third, fourth and fifth graders at James Bickley Elementary School led by librarian Danielle Defibaugh. The Flat Stanley project involves students cutting out and coloring in their Flat Stanley — an outline of a person — writing letters to family and...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Coach J.D. Isler was awarded a contract to coach next year in exchange for dropping his law suit against the district and superintendent. CNJ staff writer: Liliana Castillo...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis schools Student Support Services Executive Director Tamara Moore-Callahan took over the position last year. Tamara Moore-Callahan, executive director of student services for Clovis Schools, took over the position after Cindy Osborn retired last year. Moore-Callahan and her husband moved to Clovis while her husband was in the military. He retired out of Cannon Air Force Base, became the pastor of St. John Baptist Church and the family has lived here for 10 years. Student support:...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Wilson and Company Architects Janet Lacy goes over blueprints of James Bickley with the staff Wednesday during a preliminary construction meeting. Schools in Clovis are slowly getting closer to seeing “hammer and nail” construction across the district. Deputy Superintendent of Operations Joel Shirley and a team of architects visited James Bickley Elementary School Wednesday to talk to faculty and staff about what the renovation process will mean to them. James Bickley is one of six sch...
Twenty-seven people from as far away as Delaware have applied to be superintendent of Clovis schools. The job posting closed at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm announced Jan. 13 she would leave at the end of the school year. The list includes locals such as Deputy Superintendent of Operation Joel Shirley, Texico Schools Superintendent R.L. Richards, Tucumcari teacher Lisha Hill and Tucumcari Schools Special Programs Director Sharon Holmes. Clovis School Board President Lora Harlan said the board is excited...
Melrose elected a new mayor Tuesday and raised gross receipts taxes. Tuck Monk with 97 votes was elected mayor by a 19-vote margin over his opponent Donald Harrell. Monk succeeds Lance Pyle, who elected not to seek re-election. “I don’t see any changes when I take office,” Monk said. “We’ve had a good mayor and I want to continue his program the best I can.” Monk said he’s glad the people of Melrose came out and voted. “This is definitely people’s choice,” he said. The village also voted to raise the Municipal Capital Outlay...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eastern guard Victor Reid guards Texas A&M-Kingsville forward Flavio Milam during the first half of Saturday's game at Greyhound Arena. PORTALES — There were a few rarities in Saturday’s season finale at Greyhound Arena. Division wins for the Greyhounds are no longer one of them. Reggie Nelson scored a game-high 21 points, including a tie-breaking 3-pointer to spark a 12-2 run in Saturday’s 70-56 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville. Junior Victor Reid added 12 in a balanced effort for the...
The Clovis Municipal Schools board of education took no action Saturday following a special session to discuss pending or threatened litigation regarding basketball coach J.D. Isler’s lawsuit against the district. Isler was suspended from coaching Dec. 16 by the New Mexico Activities Association and later terminated by the school on allegations he recruited a player to Clovis. Isler filed a civil suit against superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm, the school board and the NMAA on Dec. 18. The board recessed into executive s...
Courtesy photo: Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Hudson, USAF, U.S. Forces Korea Airmen at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea had two dryers for 40 people until Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 in Clovis donated $500 for the airmen to purchase two new dryers. When airmen around him in Korea needed dryers, Phil Lenfant reached out to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 in Clovis. Lenfant lived in Clovis while his wife, Col. Babette Lenfant, was commander of Cannon Air Force Base 27th Special Operations Mission Support...
Courtesy photo: Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Hudson, USAF, U.S. Forces Korea Airmen at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea had two dryers for 40 people until Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 in Clovis donated $500 for the airmen to purchase two new dryers. When airmen around him in Korea needed dryers, Phil Lenfant reached out to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280 in Clovis. Lenfant lived in Clovis while his wife, Col. Babette Lenfant, was commander of Cannon Air Force Base 27th Special Operations Mission Support...
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Tech. Sgt. Ernie Revell, left, and Portales Police Lt. Mark Cage answer questions during a Neighborhood Watch meeting held Feb. 18 in Portales at Cannon Meadows. Residents of Cannon Air Force Base 801 Housing communities in Clovis and Portales are working to start neighborhood watch programs. Area law enforcement, including Clovis and Portales police and fire departments, Curry and Roosevelt Sheriff’s offices and CAFB police services, have provided the residents with the support they n...
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Tech. Sgt. Ernie Revell, left, and Portales Police Lt. Mark Cage answer questions during a Neighborhood Watch meeting held Feb. 18 in Portales at Cannon Meadows. Residents of Cannon Air Force Base 801 Housing communities in Clovis and Portales are working to start neighborhood watch programs. Area law enforcement, including Clovis and Portales police and fire departments, Curry and Roosevelt Sheriff’s offices and CAFB police services, have provided the residents with the support they n...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Zia Elementary School student Logann Ewers works on her display board Tuesday, getting set for the regional science fair Saturday at Eastern New Mexico University. Zia Elementary School science teacher Suzanne Tipton knows how science can change a student’s life. She saw it in her son. She said her son was an average sixth-grader. He wasn’t good at sports or with school studies for that matter. But when he won first place at the regional science fair, everything changed. “When they hung...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Ben Singletary of Clovis was awarded the Discus Award given to all-around students earlier this month. Clovis High School senior Ben Singletary recently won the national Discus Award. The award highlights high school students who excel all-around, not just at school. Searching: I applied for the award to get scholarships. I want to go to the Academy of Arts University at San Francisco. I want to study graphic arts on the advertising side. I’ve been interested in graphic arts for a year or t...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo A federal judge issued a temporary injunction last week that will allow J.D. Isler to finish the rest of the season as Clovis High's boys basketball coach. The Wildcats host the district tournament championship game Saturday. Clovis High boys basketball coach J.D. Isler says he much prefers a basketball court to a courtroom. Isler, who was suspended by the state’s governing body for high school athletics and later fired from his coaching position, says he will drop his lawsuit against the s...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Suzana Martinez, from left to right, Allen Weh, Janice Arnold-Jones, Doug Tuner and Pete Dominici Jr. answered questions Thursday at a debate at the Lyceum Theater in Clovis hosted by the High Plains Patriots. With little dissension emanating from the Lyceum Theater, Republican gubernatorial candidates want to sell the Rail Runner, reduce exempt positions and make sure the current lieutenant governor isn’t New Mexico’s next governor. “I’m sure you’re...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Ashlee Spears, a new accounts representative at Citizen’s Bank in Clovis, informs a customer Tuesday about how to open a savings account. With military savings week winding down, here are some tips from local financial advisors to keep the momentum going throughout the year to help build savings. Bank of Clovis Loan Operation Manager Mary Bradford said people can open a savings account for $50. “As long as there’s not 10 withdraws a quarter, there’s no fee on the accou...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Ashlee Spears, a new accounts representative at Citizen’s Bank in Clovis, informs a customer Tuesday about how to open a savings account. With military savings week winding down, here are some tips from local financial advisors to keep the momentum going throughout the year to help build savings. Bank of Clovis Loan Operation Manager Mary Bradford said people can open a savings account for $50. “As long as there’s not 10 withdraws a quarter, there’s no fee on the accou...
Courtesy photo Two James Bickley Elementary School Destination ImagiNation teams won first place in their division, both led by Gifted and Talented teacher Carol Littlejohn, far left. For the third consecutive year, James Bickley Elementary School’s Destination ImagiNation teams took first place at a state tournament held in Albuquerque Saturday. Carol Littlejohn, the Gifted and Talented teacher for James Bickley and Ranchvale elementary schools, said the two sixth grade teams now have an opportunity to enter the global c...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Melissa Cartwright, in a program for three days, makes her dorm bed Wednesday at the Lighthouse Mission. They know that if they build it, they will come. That’s the easy part. It’s the financing that needs prayers and faith. After 22 years of sheltering, feeding and clothing the community’s less fortunate, The Lighthouse Mission finds itself struggling to meet the unique needs that accompany sheltering entire families. That in mind, they have set out to build “Casa De Esperanza” or “House of...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis High School sophomore Savannah Armijo has loved poetry since she took a child's poetry class at Clovis Community College in fifth grade. Clovis High School sophomore Savannah Armijo is taking her long-standing love of poetry to the competition arena. Armijo is competing in the state level of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest Sunday in Santa Fe. Armijo will compete against students from 13 schools around the state. The sophomore said the reality hasn’t set in yet. It h...
Ross The Clovis Municipal School board makes one personnel decision; hiring the superintendent. For the first time in five years, the board has to make that decision and they’ve hired long-time Clovis educator G.C. Ross to help with the process. Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm announced in mid January she will resign at the end of the school year. Ross, who worked in education for nearly 41 years, 36 of those in Clovis, helped the board with the process five years ago while working as interim superintendent. The process i...
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Brielle Mares with Amanda's Floral restocks the showroom Thursday. Business is blooming for area florists even with Valentine’s Day falling on Sunday this year. Shops in Clovis and Portales plan Sunday delivery while others see themselves being out of flowers by that time or done with all orders. Either way, sales have been high for flower shops in Clovis and Portales. “I think business has been really good,” said Rose Riley, owner of Katie’s Flowerland in Clovis. “We have not had that...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis Christian students Kevin Naceanceno, from left to right, Kebly Bell, Colby Whitten and Nicholas Cody practice for the Science Bowl Thursday during lunch at the school. During lunch at Clovis Christian School, nine high school students eat lunch and attempt to quickly answer science and math questions at the same time. Those students are using all the time they have to practice for the state level of the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Albuquerque Saturday. The bowl...
