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Articles from the May 11, 2016 edition


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  • Opinion: Older student crossing stage

    Local columnist At 44, Ray Pallares will be one of the older Eastern graduates to cross the stage at Greyhound Arena Saturday morning, earning a degree that has taken him six years to complete, and one that he can’t wait to put to use. Ray graduated from House High School in 1990, but said, “Getting a higher education was never encouraged at home and never became a priority for me until later in life.” Instead, he headed off to work, married, and started a family with his wife, Myriam. They eventually moved to the Dora area,...

  • Pages past — May 12

    CNJ Staff

    On this date … 1976: Gail Shannon, former acting president and vice president for academic affairs at Eastern New Mexico University, had accepted a position as dean of the college of education at West Texas State University. The Kansas native had been at ENMU since 1960. 1961: Actor Ronald Reagan spent about an hour in Hotel Clovis during a Santa Fe train layover, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Reagan, on his way home to California after a speaking engagement in Lubbock, told CNJ that communists were trying to grip c...

  • Events calendar — May 12

    Today Carson and Barnes Circus — 4:30 p.m. Curry County Fairgrounds, Clovis. Information: 575-935-7000 Carson and Barnes Circus — 7:30 p.m. Curry County Fairgrounds, Clovis. Information: 575-935-7000 Ribbon cutting — 2 p.m. Hillcrest Park-par 3 course, 1208 N. Norris St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-3435 Saturday 28th Annual Knights Challenge Softball Tournament — 8 a.m. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, Clovis. Chaos in Clovis Boxing Event — Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-935-5000 Original...

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