Articles from the May 27, 2016 edition

Kevin Wilson

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Ty Gonser didn’t expect any type of reward when he freed motorists from Winter Storm Goliath’s snow drifts. He just thought it was the right thing to do. The unassuming Clovis resident got his latest reward Friday morning, as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds briefly freed him from gravity. Gonser took the ride of his life, courtesy of Maj. Scott Petz and his No. 8 F-16A fighter jet for about half an hour above Clovis, Portales and abo...

Kevin Wilson

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Ty Gonser didn’t expect any type of reward when he freed motorists from Winter Storm Goliath’s snow drifts. He just thought it was the right thing to do. The unassuming Clovis resident got his latest reward Friday morning, as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds briefly freed him from gravity. Gonser took the ride of his life, courtesy of Maj. Scott Petz and his No. 8 F-16A fighter jet for about half an hour above Clovis, Portales and abo...

On this date ... April 28 1966: Montgomery Ward was selling 21-inch console color TVs for $449. A “new-type tube with a rare-earth element” made colors brighter, according to newspaper advertisements. 1946: The employees of Barnes Cleaners in Clovis had hosted a surprise chicken-fry supper at Hillcrest Park in honor of their boss, Buck Barnes. Employees’ families and friends turned out to eat and play games on Barnes’ birthday. 1941: Heavy rains fell across much of the reg... Full story

Staff Writer [email protected] This weekend’s Cannon Air Force Base Air Show represents a homecoming of sorts for one of the Air Force’s Thunderbird pilots, who proudly sports Clovis ties and even worked as a volunteer during a previous Cannon show featuring the renown flight team. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Eberling attended Zia Elementary School while his parents were stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, as his father served as a pilot and his mother, an Air Force fli...

Staff Writer [email protected] This weekend’s Cannon Air Force Base Air Show represents a homecoming of sorts for one of the Air Force’s Thunderbird pilots, who proudly sports Clovis ties and even worked as a volunteer during a previous Cannon show featuring the renown flight team. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Eberling attended Zia Elementary School while his parents were stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, as his father served as a pilot and his mother, an Air Force fli...

On this date ... April 28 1966: Montgomery Ward was selling 21-inch console color TVs for $449. A “new-type tube with a rare-earth element” made colors brighter, according to newspaper advertisements. 1946: The employees of Barnes Cleaners in Clovis had hosted a surprise chicken-fry supper at Hillcrest Park in honor of their boss, Buck Barnes. Employees’ families and friends turned out to eat and play games on Barnes’ birthday. 1941: Heavy rains fell across much of the reg...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick Eberling has been performing with the Thunderbirds for two years. The official Air Force demonstration team is scheduled to perform at 3 p.m. today and Sunday at Cannon Air Force Base. Eberling answered questions in a telephone interview last week: Question: What is the coolest thing you have done? Answer: You know, I think the thing I am most proud of is raising a family in America. I have a wife, Amy, who I have been with for eight years and a...

I drove by the high school on the last day of school and I was really surprised at how calm things were. I remember when I ended my school year, we celebrated with water. It usually involved water balloons, buckets and anything we could find to hold and then throw water. One year a friend got the idea to make a pool in the back of his truck. He took a piece of plastic and covered the bed of the truck with it, then filled it with water. Lonnie Berry We loaded up in front of... Full story

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick Eberling has been performing with the Thunderbirds for two years. The official Air Force demonstration team is scheduled to perform at 3 p.m. today and Sunday at Cannon Air Force Base. Eberling answered questions in a telephone interview last week: Question: What is the coolest thing you have done? Answer: You know, I think the thing I am most proud of is raising a family in America. I have a wife, Amy, who I have been with for eight years and a littl... Full story

I drove by the high school on the last day of school and I was really surprised at how calm things were. I remember when I ended my school year, we celebrated with water. It usually involved water balloons, buckets and anything we could find to hold and then throw water. One year a friend got the idea to make a pool in the back of his truck. He took a piece of plastic and covered the bed of the truck with it, then filled it with water. Lonnie Berry We loaded up in front of...

Sharna Johnson

Great sniffers, sharp eyesight, acute hearing, the strength and stamina to carry heavy loads, the ability to easily go places mankind cannot and the companionship they offer — animals have attributes that make them quite an asset when it comes to certain challenges. In an era of technology and motorized vehicles, it’s easy to forget animals were once crucial to accomplishing most any task and that in many respects, life revolved around the roles they played in human end...

Sharna Johnson

Great sniffers, sharp eyesight, acute hearing, the strength and stamina to carry heavy loads, the ability to easily go places mankind cannot and the companionship they offer — animals have attributes that make them quite an asset when it comes to certain challenges. In an era of technology and motorized vehicles, it’s easy to forget animals were once crucial to accomplishing most any task and that in many respects, life revolved around the roles they played in human end...