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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock is dedicated to the World War II experience from the perspective of the glider pilots who flew in every major invasion of that war. The focal piece of the museum is a restored WACO CG-4A glider, according to the museum’s Web site, www.silentwingsmuseum.com History In 1971, former pilots of the U.S. Air Force’s Glider Program formed the National World War II Glider Pilots Association in order to give former glider pilots a mechanism to interact socially and begin to form ways of preserving the hi...
Clovis High junior Barret Stewart is brought down after catching a pass for a 7-yard gain during the second quarter of the Wildcats’ 34-14 victory over Eldorado on Friday night in Albuquerque. (CNJ correspondent: Niock Lyamn) ALBUQUERQUE — Ever so quietly, the Clovis High football team went into its game against Eldorado on Friday night at Wilson Stadium minus standout senior receiver Rishard Matthews, who left school late in the week to move back to California to live with his father. On top of that, the Eagles pretty muc...
Two children died late Saturday afternoon in an two-vehicle accident along the intersection of Curry County Road 10 and Curry County Road G, according to the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Joe Gutierrez, 33, of Clovis, was driving a 1996 Chevy Lumina. In the front seat of the car were Gutierrez, Jennifer Montiel and 4-year-old Joe Gutierrez. In the back seat were 1-year-old Santos Gutierrez, 7-year-old Justin Montiel and 2-month old Luis Gutierrez. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Russ said Gutierrez was traveling eastbound on County Roa...
BLACKWATER DRAW — Mother Nature did what the Portales defense couldn’t do Friday night: Stop the Muleshoe aerial attack. With just under two minutes remaining in the first half, and with the Mules leading Portales 20-0, the Rams home opener was called off due to lightning in the area. The game will go down as a ‘no-contest’ and the game won’t be made up, according to first-year Portales head coach Andy Correll. “Tomorrow, it’s supposed to rain all day so we just called it, and we won’t make it up,” Correll said. Junior quarte...
Lance Pyle was elected mayor of Melrose in March and is assistant Curry County manager, responsible for the indigent health care functions, human resources and risk management. Born in Muleshoe, he earned an associate’s degree at Clovis Community College and bachelor’s at Eastern New Mexico University. He was appointed to the Melrose City Council in July 2004, becoming the youngest councilor in the village’s history. The 25-year-old made history again as the village’s and New Mexico’s youngest mayor. Q: Who is in your family?...
Sonny West will be playing at the Clovis Musical Festival. West wrote the Buddy Holly’s classic hit songs “Oh Boy” and “Rave On.” File photo The spirit of rock ‘n’ roll will be resurrected at the upcoming Clovis Music Festival. Artists slated to appear at the event which starts Wednesday and runs through Saturday are the Fireballs, Tommy Roe, The String-A-Longs and Sonny West. The LA Party Dolls will provide lively entertainment during a sock hop on Thursday night. The trio will sing songs from the 50s and Chamber of Co...
It was a late Thursday night when sheriff’s deputies were called — a Clovis man was found by his family, shot to death at the business he owned. Three years later investigators still don’t know who killed J.C. Tucker, owner of Tucker Auto Sales and Tucker Self-Storage on U.S. 60-84 near Cannon Air Force Base. As another anniversary of the Sept. 4, 2003, homicide passes, the trail has gone cold. Jackie Davidson, Tucker’s daughter, said she won’t rest until she knows who kille...
Things were looking so good for Pluto a couple of weeks ago. Scientists meeting in the Czech Republic voted to admit three more heavenly bodies to the family of “planets” orbiting our sun. This pragmatic Planet Definition Committee only submits proposals deemed likely to win approval from two-thirds of the 3,000-member International Astronomic Union, so it appeared Pluto was about to gain some seniority in the Milky Way’s most exclusive club. Of course, the absent-minded professors and eccentric scientists of the IAC prove...
In the movie “Love Actually,” a widowed father, played by Liam Neeson, asks his morose grade-school son what’s bothering him. Is it his mother’s death? Problems at school? Bullies? “You really want to know?” answers the boy. “Well, truth is — actually — I’m in love.” His father is surprised but expresses relief that it’s not “something worse.” The son fixes him with a look of disbelief: “Worse than the total agony of being in love?” Prepubescent boys aren’t supposed to be tormented by romance, and neither are their ad...
A Dallas-based partnership, SOZO Energy, LP, and the Tucumcari Greater Economic Development Corp. (TGED) inked a deal on Aug. 25 for SOZO to purchase the ethanol plant on Rock Island Road, said a SOZO company official on Thursday. “SOZO will produce up to 10 million gallons of ethanol per year at the plant,” said Rochelle Heussmann, director of Sozo’s environmental safety and health. Heussmann is part of an advance ethanol team for SOZO Energy that was at the plant on Thursday checking out valves, fittings, piping and other...
Once again Glenda Bly is spewing forth her rantings without doing her homework. I would like to clear up the misinformation she gave in last Sunday’s letter to the editor regarding Bill Richardson and Wal-Mart. Americans want good jobs, affordable health care and a better life for their families. Big, powerful corporations like Wal-Mart are standing in the way. Every year, Wal-Mart gets huge profits from its national and international chain while more employees go on government assistance programs. Each Wal-Mart store e...
Ethanol developments near Quay County The Dallas-based Panda Ethanol Inc. announced Wednesday that it intends to build a 100 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Sherman County, Texas. It will be fueled by more than 1 billion pounds of cattle manure a year, according to a company press release. And on June 24, Gov. Bill Richardson announced that an ethanol plant to open in Clovis will more than triple New Mexico’s ethanol output. That plant, is to produce more than 100 million gallons of ethanol derived from corn, the r...
Quay County Manager Terry Norman Turner is remembered by family and friends as an outstanding high school and college athlete, as a good friend with a positive outlook, and as a passionate supporter of Tucumcari. Turner, 60, died Wednesday after suffering a massive heart attack at the Quay County Courthouse, said his brother, Frank Turner. The courthouse was closed Friday in his memory. A memorial service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church. Tom Broom of Center Street United Methodist Church was...
Cass Dimitroff sparks Foxes CARRIZOZO — Cass Dimitroff ran for 195 yards four touchdowns and threw for another score as the visiting Fort Sumner Foxes defeated the host Grizzlies 38-26. Dimitroff ran for got TDs of 28, 25, 14, and 2 yards for the top-ranked Foxes (2-0), kicked four PATs and threw a 9-yard pass to Vincent Sena in substitution duty for Ryan Hall, who dislocated a finger in the first half and sat out the second half. Anthony Griffin added 78 yards rushing for the Foxes and Braeden Dimitroff accounted for 100 y...
Construction on a new $4.5 million Love’s travel stop at Mountain Road and I-40 is expected to begin in October, said Jenny Love Meyer, public relations director for Love’s. The new 4,321-square-foot operation, scheduled to open in late April, will add 12 new positions to its existing staff of 25 employees, Meyer said. The current Love’s, which opened in 1991 and operates on 2.5 paved acres, will remain open while the new facility is being constructed. For its new operation, Love’s will build on an adjacent eight-a...
ALBUQUERQUE — Eldorado threw the first shot Friday night, but the Eagles couldn’t withstand Clovis High’s counterpunch. Senior running back Brian Mead rushed for 203 yards on 29 carries and scored four touchdowns and junior Manuel Robles added 148 yards, including a devastating 77-yard TD run in the second quarter, as the Wildcats stormed past Eldorado 34-14 at Wilson Stadium. The Cats (1-1) did not take senior wide receiver Rishard Matthews after learning on Thursday that he is moving back to California to live with his f...
The following is a sample of calls received by the central dispatch office for Quay County at the Tucumcari police headquarters, during the last few days. According to reports: Tuesday - At 1:22 p.m., a female reported a runaway juvenile from the high school. Officers advised they were told that the juvenile was possiblely at a residence on East Dawson. Officers visited the residence and said the juvenile was not there. - At 4:24 p.m., a female reported someone had stolen her purse from her car at a business on South First...
Portales senior Hunter Rackler catches the ball over Muleshoe junior Dusty Clayton Friday at Greyhound Stadium. (Staff photo: Andy DeLisle) BLACKWATER DRAW — Mother Nature did what the Portales defense couldn’t do Friday night: Stop the Muleshoe aerial attack. With just under two minutes remaining in the first half, and with the Mules leading Portales 20-0, the Rams home opener was called off due to lightning in the area. The game will go down as a ‘no-contest’ and the game won’t be made up, according to first-year Portales...
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. Lena Mae Bridges-Clem, 49, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 at her home in Tucumcari. She was a home maker and a member of the Baptist Church . Survivors include her husband Billy L Clem of Tucumcari; a son Timothy Clem of Tucumcari; four daughters, Jennifer Lowery of New Mexico, Barbara Bridges of Kentucky, Shellann Rusk of Colorado and Neroli Flores of Texas; her parents, Verney Lee and Margie Ball of Texas; two brothers Ted Ball of Arkansas and Jim Ball of New...
Clovis Christian defenders Luke Ware, left, and Vince Bowers pressure Valley Christian quarterback Logan Rader in Friday’s game. (Staff photo: Tony Bullocks) Before nature forced the cancellation of the game with lightning and possible tornadic activity, Valley Christian unleashed a storm of its own on Clovis Christian Friday night at Jim Hill Field. Valley Christian took advantage of three Clovis Christian turnovers and a solid running game to take a 26-0 halftime lead before the referees decided to call the game for safety...
Monday: All Quay County and Tucumcari city offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day. Tuesday: 9 a.m., Arch Hurely Conservancy District will hold a special meeting, district office, 101 E. High St.,. Preliminary agenda calls for appointment to director in Precinct #2, approval of classified ad for district manager, hiring of an interim district manager and closed executive session. For more information, call 461-2351. Tuesday: Noon, Red Hat Society, Holiday Inn Branding Iron Restaurant. For more information, call 461-...
[email protected] He swings the door open to reveal an immaculate room. Not a crumb on the carpet, not a stain on the nightstand, not a wrinkle on the floral bedspread. Makes sense. After all, this is a laboratory. Bryan Ellis is a registered sleep therapist. He is also the owner of the High Plains Sleep Disorder Center. He points to the corner of the room, where a tiny camera is suspended from the ceiling. Monday through Sunday, restless patients check into his center to spend a night under watchful eyes. Sleep...
Should we believe what they’re saying about Pluto? Since 1930, when Pluto was discovered, kids around the nation have spent years, months and hours learning how the discovery of Pluto made it nine planets instead of eight. And there have been countless styrofoam balls twirling off of coat hangers to demonstrate the solar system at school science fairs. Frankly, I think folks have become fond of Pluto. It was a planet you could get your mind around and attribute some human characteristics to. Pluto’s like the Rocky of the sol...
CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle Sleep therapist Bryan Ellis says sleeping disorders are underdiagnosed. By Marlena Hartz [email protected] He swings the door open to reveal an immaculate room. Not a crumb on the carpet, not a stain on the nightstand, not a wrinkle on the floral bedspread. Makes sense. After all, this is a laboratory. Bryan Ellis is a registered sleep therapist. He is also the owner of the High Plains Sleep Disorder Center. He points to the corner of the room, where a tiny camera is suspended from...
A couple of weeks ago, Aggie and I stood beside he Plaza Larga to watch that Colorado water rushing by, and my mind did its usual trick of heading to the canyons to see the beginning of that creek. When we are very young we take almost everything for granted and don't realize how much change we will see through the years. We don't even realize that many things we will see in those early days will become so precious to us as we age. I was transported mentally to the porch at grandmother's house and the wonderful swings...
