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  • Two injured in explosion recovering

    Tonjia Rolan

    CNJ staff photo: Tonjia Rolan An explosion at H20 Express, 1120 N. Prince Street, blew the building apart Saturday and injured two people. Ed Sabia stopped by H2O Express on Saturday to help longtime friend Ken Urban fix a water pump. Marynell Urban, Ken’s mother, stopped by later to invite the two to dinner. Next thing the three knew, their world was literally turned upside down as a explosion tore through the business at 1120 N. Prince St. about 6:30 p.m. The explosion was heard and felt for several city blocks. “All of a s...

  • Two injured in explosion recovering

    Tonjia Rolan

    An explosion at H20 Express, 1120 N. Prince Street, blew the building apart Saturday and injured two people. An explosion at H20 Express, 1120 N. Prince Street, blew the building apart Saturday and injured two people. Ed Sabia stopped by H2O Express on Saturday to help longtime friend Ken Urban fix a water pump. Marynell Urban, Ken's mother, stopped by later to invite the two to dinner. Next thing the three knew, their world was literally turned upside down as a explosion tore through the business at 1120 N. Prince St. about...

  • Clovis resident says gardening is her passion

    Tonjia Rolan

    Ernestine “Ernie” Tennefos is an ordained Elder on the staff of Portales Church of the Nazarene and a counselor at the Matt 25 Hope Center in Clovis, where she primarily counsels recovering addicts. Why do you do this kind of work? You always hear people say you should work at a job that doesn’t feel like work and to me it doesn’t feel like work. I take so much satisfaction in giving people hope. I always say, “I don’t have a magic wand but you can call me and I’ll listen.” And that’s what we all want, somebody to listen. I c...

  • Clovis resident says gardening is her passion

    Tonjia Rolan

    Ernestine “Ernie” Tennefos and her 4-year-old grandson Jordan working in the flower garden. Ernestine "Ernie" Tennefos is an ordained Elder on the staff of Portales Church of the Nazarene and a counselor at the Matt 25 Hope Center in Clovis, where she primarily counsels recovering addicts. Why do you do this kind of work? You always hear people say you should work at a job that doesn't feel like work and to me it doesn't feel like work. I take so much satisfaction in giving people hope. I always say, "I don't have a mag...

  • Clovis resident says gardening is her passion

    Tonjia Rolan

    Ernestine “Ernie” Tennefos and her 4-year-old grandson Jordan working in the flower garden. Ernestine "Ernie" Tennefos is an ordained Elder on the staff of Portales Church of the Nazarene and a counselor at the Matt 25 Hope Center in Clovis, where she primarily counsels recovering addicts. Why do you do this kind of work? You always hear people say you should work at a job that doesn't feel like work and to me it doesn't feel like work. I take so much satisfaction in giving people hope. I always say, "I don't have a mag...

  • Clovis resident says gardening is her passion

    Tonjia Rolan

    Ernie Tennefos: Courtesy photo Ernestine “Ernie” Tennefos and her 4-year-old grandson Jordan working in the flower garden. Ernestine “Ernie” Tennefos is an ordained Elder on the staff of Portales Church of the Nazarene and a counselor at the Matt 25 Hope Center in Clovis, where she primarily counsels recovering addicts. Why do you do this kind of work? You always hear people say you should work at a job that doesn’t feel like work and to me it doesn’t feel like work. I take so much satisfaction in giving people...

  • Residents admit smart phones are smarter than them

    Tonjia Rolan

    According to Wikipedia, 43 percent of Americans own smart phones. Are you smarter than your smart phone? If humans use only 10 percent of their brains — as urban legend alleges, do they also use only 10 percent of their smartphone apps? As it turns out, the 10 percent brain usage myth has been debunked by neurologists, according to Scientific America. Neurologists now believe we use all of the brain, but what about apps? Today's smart phone user has an average of five to 30 free apps on his phone and up to 10 paid apps, accor...

  • Survivor's story: Clovis resident is one of few living Bataan death march survivors

    Tonjia Rolan

    Courtesy photo Alvin Fails, 95, of Clovis, a Bataan death march survivor, at his home in February. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis’ Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O’Donnell. “They would cook rice and keep the white...

  • Survivor's story: Clovis resident is one of few living Bataan death march survivors

    Tonjia Rolan

    Alvin Fails, 95, of Clovis, a Bataan death march survivor, at his home in February. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis' Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O'Donnell. "They would cook rice and keep the white parts for themselves...

  • Survivor's story: Clovis resident is one of few living Bataan death march survivors

    Tonjia Rolan

    Courtesy photo Alvin Fails, 95, of Clovis, a Bataan death march survivor, at his home in February. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis’ Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O’Donnell. “They would cook rice and keep the white...

  • Survivor's story: Clovis resident is one of few living Bataan death march survivors

    Tonjia Rolan

    Alvin Fails, 95, of Clovis, a Bataan death march survivor, at his home in February. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis' Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O'Donnell. "They would cook rice and keep the white parts for themselves...

  • Residents admit smart phones are smarter than them

    Tonjia Rolan

    Are you smarter than your smart phone? If humans use only 10 percent of their brains — as urban legend alleges, do they also use only 10 percent of their smartphone apps? As it turns out, the 10 percent brain usage myth has been debunked by neurologists, according to Scientific America. Neurologists now believe we use all of the brain, but what about apps? Today's smart phone user has an average of five to 30 free apps on his phone and up to 10 paid apps, according to Dan Rowinski of ReadWriteWeb. Local residents who w...

  • Residents admit smart phones are smarter than them

    Tonjia Rolan

    Are you smarter than your smart phone? If humans use only 10 percent of their brains — as urban legend alleges, do they also use only 10 percent of their smartphone apps? As it turns out, the 10 percent brain usage myth has been debunked by neurologists, according to Scientific America. Neurologists now believe we use all of the brain, but what about apps? Today’s smart phone user has an average of five to 30 free apps on his phone and up to 10 paid apps, according to Dan Rowinski of ReadWriteWeb. Local residents who w...

  • Residents admit smart phones are smarter than them

    Tonjia Rolan

    Are you smarter than your smart phone? If humans use only 10 percent of their brains — as urban legend alleges, do they also use only 10 percent of their smartphone apps? As it turns out, the 10 percent brain usage myth has been debunked by neurologists, according to Scientific America. Neurologists now believe we use all of the brain, but what about apps? Today’s smart phone user has an average of five to 30 free apps on his phone and up to 10 paid apps, according to Dan Rowinski of ReadWriteWeb. Local residents who w...

  • Residents hired to prepare facility for cosmetics company

    Tonjia Rolan

    The run-up for a new cosmetics company based in Clovis has already created a handful of jobs for local residents. Snelling Staffing Manager Lexi Myers said Snelling has hired eight to 10 people to wash windows, sweep, dust and paint the FrozFruit facility in preparation for its new owner, Beauty and Health Science Innovation, Inc. "We are having such a wonderful response," Myers said. "We're excited about putting people to work. It's our job." Snelling Staffing is an agency that connects employers with employees looking for t...

  • Residents hired to prepare facility for cosmetics company

    Tonjia Rolan

    The run-up for a new cosmetics company based in Clovis has already created a handful of jobs for local residents. Snelling Staffing Manager Lexi Myers said Snelling has hired eight to 10 people to wash windows, sweep, dust and paint the FrozFruit facility in preparation for its new owner, Beauty and Health Science Innovation, Inc. “We are having such a wonderful response,” Myers said. “We’re excited about putting people to work. It’s our job.” Snelling Staffing is an agency that connects employers with employees looking for...

  • Army helicopter pilot inspired by med-evac

    Tonjia Rolan

    CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Army Captain Jeff Epps, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and his wife Ali Epps stand in front of a “Welcome Home” banner in front of his family home on Jeanie Drive. The Epps have been married for two years and both graduated from Clovis High School. Jeff Epps’ inspiration for a career as an Army helicopter pilot literally came from above. “They brought in one of the med-evac helicopters from Lubbock — it landed right there in the field,” said Epps, who at the time was attending...

  • Army helicopter pilot inspired by med-evac

    Tonjia Rolan

    Army Captain Jeff Epps, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and his wife Ali Epps stand in front of a “Welcome Home” banner in front of his family home on Jeanie Drive. The Epps have been married for two years and both graduated from Clovis High School. Army Captain Jeff Epps, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and his wife Ali Epps stand in front of a “Welcome Home” banner in front of his family home on Jeanie Drive. The Epps have been married for two years and both graduated from Clovis High Sc Jeff Epps' inspiration for a career...

  • Furniture delivered to displaced families

    Tonjia Rolan

    Matt 25 Hope Center Director Steve Reshetar helps load donated furniture to be delivered to families displaced by the Feb. 1 Clovis Apartments fire. Over the weekend, Matt 25 Hope Center's Director Steve Reshetar and staff delivered donated beds, dressers, sofas and tables to storage units of three families who lost their homes Feb. 1 in the Clovis Apartment fire. "Community response has been fantastic," Reshetar said Monday. "But it's what I've come to expect from Clovis. After the (2007) tornado they responded with such...

  • Furniture delivered to displaced families

    Tonjia Rolan

    CNJ staff photo: Tonjia Rolan Matt 25 Hope Center Director Steve Reshetar helps load donated furniture to be delivered to families displaced by the Feb. 1 Clovis Apartments fire. Over the weekend, Matt 25 Hope Center’s Director Steve Reshetar and staff delivered donated beds, dressers, sofas and tables to storage units of three families who lost their homes Feb. 1 in the Clovis Apartment fire. “Community response has been fantastic,” Reshetar said Monday. “But it’s what I’ve come to expect from Clovis. After the (2007) torn...

  • Our people: A natural fit

    Tonjia Rolan

    Daniell educates children at the Christian Children's Home on the feeding of livestock. Daniell, 15, and her husband Rick, 17, on their honeymoon. Daniell's childhood passport photo. Lori Daniell's childhood dream was simply to be a mom, but that didn't turn out to be so simple for the Portales mother of three. Daniell, who has three adopted sons, works with her husband Rick at the Christian Children's home in Portales. Are you from Portales? If not how did you get here? We recently came from Albuquerque. Our middle son was...

  • Our people: A natural fit

    Tonjia Rolan

    Daniell educates children at the Christian Children's Home on the feeding of livestock. Daniell, 15, and her husband Rick, 17, on their honeymoon. Daniell's childhood passport photo. Lori Daniell's childhood dream was simply to be a mom, but that didn't turn out to be so simple for the Portales mother of three. Daniell, who has three adopted sons, works with her husband Rick at the Christian Children's home in Portales. Are you from Portales? If not how did you get here? We recently came from Albuquerque. Our middle son was...

  • Bataan death march survivors dwindling

    Tonjia Rolan

    CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Alvin Fails , 95, of Clovis, a Battan death march survivor, watches television Tuesday in his home. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis’ Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O’Donnell. “They would co...

  • Bataan death march survivors dwindling

    Tonjia Rolan

    The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis’ Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O’Donnell. “They would cook rice and keep the white parts for themselves, and only feed us the juice,” Fails said. Fails’ son, Rick, said his father su...

  • Bataan death march survivors dwindling

    Tonjia Rolan

    Alvin Fails , 95, of Clovis, a Battan death march survivor, watches television Tuesday in his home. The horrific memories have faded but not disappeared for Clovis' Alvin Fails, one of a dwindling number of area Bataan death march survivors. Telling his story from an easy chair, in which he now spends most of his days, the 95-year-old Fails recalled clearly the starvation rations on which he barely survived for almost four years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp called O'Donnell. "They would cook rice and keep the white...

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