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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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When Clovis veterans and their relatives come to today’s Memorial Day services scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, they won’t be hearing speeches by politicians or community leaders. Instead, they’ll hear family members of eight of the 171 war dead whose names are engraved on a new veterans’ monument tell the stories of the lives of their relatives who died in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Jim Cowman of the Clovis Joint Veterans Council coordinated the veterans’ memorial project a...
While most of the attention in a recent wave of Clovis business expansion has gone to the development in the north part of town, a quieter pair of retail openings is changing the way some west-siders go about their shopping. Since the Gibson’s Discount Store on 21st St. closed in the early 1980s, general retail stores have been nonexistent in Clovis west of Thornton Street. But Dollar General, occupying part of the old Gibson’s building at 1210 W. 21st, opened for business in March and Family Dollar last week opened its thi... Full story
Services: Have been held. Mr. Jack E. King, 81, of Portales, died Saturday, May 29, 2004, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales. He was born on April 20, 1923, in Clovis, to Gracie Dell and Luther Eber King. His family moved from their home north of Clovis to Cedarvale by covered wagon in 1929. He attended school in Cedarvale, near Corona. In 1942, he joined the US Navy, as a communications officer. He retired in 1961 as a Chief Petty Officer. He married Lucille Laquinta on Aug. 18, 1954, in Wahiawa, Hawaii. After his... Full story
Fun-Putt reopens for business After acquiring it from Play Inc., new owner Paul LeClear has reopened the Fun-Putt Fun-Time Miniature Golf course at 1520 Thornton. LeClear estimates that it’s been “three or four years” since anybody had played a round at the site — until, that is, LeClear officially opened for business two weeks ago. The Fun-Putt owner also isn’t sure how long ago the course was built, but figures it’s been quite awhile. “I played there when I was a kid,” LeClear says. “And I’m almost 50 years old.” Clovis...
Daniel Zablotsky believes in thanking veterans of American armed forces, but not just on the holidays. Zablotsky, the speaker at Amerian Legion Post No. 31’s annual Memorial Day service, used his time to thank veterans who helped pave the way for the medical and technological breakthroughs that wouldn’t have been possible without the military. Zablotsky, a First Lt., is the medical resource officer for Cannon Air Force Base. He was part of a ceremony that spanned nearly 30 minutes at the Portales Cemetery Monday morning. Zab... Full story
Don’t expect Fort Sumner’s Mario Martinez to do a coaching version of Michael Jordan and make a comeback any time soon. The longtime the Foxes football and boys track coach recently accepted a position as assistant director of men’s athletics for the New Mexico Activities Association. The NMAA is expected to formally approve the hiring Wednesday. The 49-year-old Martinez has spent more than 27 years coaching in New Mexico high schools, the last 12 at Fort Sumner where his teams have captured five state championships each...
Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Jack Love and Seaman 1st Class Dan Love died on the opposite sides of the world during World War II, but their deaths enabled their widowed mother to petition for the discharge of a third brother, Clyde Love, who returned home to Clovis after the family lost their farm near Grier. Their niece, Nancy Young Wright, drove from Tucson, Ariz., with her mother, Iris Young, to participate in today’s Memorial Day ceremony in Clovis. Wright said she’s become a student of World War II history and has loc...
In 1907, Charles Ledbetter came to Curry County when it was still a pioneer community only recently connected to the rest of the world via the new Santa Fe railroad line. A few years later he became one of the first three graduates of Clovis High School. “Charles Ledbetter was my mother’s brother,” said Clovis resident Dudley Bailey. “I never met him, but he was the only one in that family who really got an education.” That high school diploma helped Ledbetter obtain employment as postmaster for Grier and later a schooltea...
When Helen Garcia Trujillo observes Memorial Day, she can’t decorate her older brother’s grave. The grave of Joe C. Garcia, along with thousands of others, is located in France, not far from the location where he died on D-Day while the 101st Airborne Division was parachuting out of the skies as part of the invasion of Nazi-held Europe. Trujillo does have a photograph of the grave, however, marked with a simple cross in the American cemetery in Normandy. “A cousin of mine went to France and looked up his grave and took pictu... Full story
Pfc. Jimmy Hohstead was approaching the end of his scheduled duty in Vietnam when he was killed in action on Oct. 9, 1967, according to his sister, Donna White. Hohstead’s death came as a blow to his sister. The two had just a few years before suffered the death of their parents, but Hohstead knew the risks when he was drafted to go to Vietnam. Before he left at the age of 19 the graduate of House High School had married his girlfriend and moved to Clovis. Hohstead had been a star athlete at House, where he played basketball,... Full story
Jubal Pierce, left, of Melrose and Matthew Glenn, of Clovis, paint numbers on the steps of the seating boxes Saturday afternoon at the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Balloons, pageants and a parade will accompany the usual sights and sounds at three nights of rodeo when Pioneer Days hits Clovis this week. The 34th annual Pioneer Days rodeo will begin on Thursday, when the week’s sundry activities start to reach their zenith, and will continue with performances on Friday and Saturday. ...
LOGAN — A boating accident at Ute Lake sent an Albuquerque man to the hospital with head and side injuries Sunday afternoon. New Mexico State Park personnel are investigating the accident. Rangers said details were still not clear but it appeared the injured man was riding a boat with family members when it was struck from behind by a jet boat driven by other family member. The man was thrown into the water along with other family members as his boat sank. Family members kept the Albuquerque man from sinking, rangers said. H...
