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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Clifford Lee Sumners Services: Will be held at a later date. Clifford Lee Sumners, 72, of Nocona, Texas, died Saturday, April 10, 2004, in Nocona. He was born on June 19, 1931, in Aurora, Mo., to Wilmer and Gertrude Forrester Sumners. He lived in Clovis for 45 years before retiring in Nocona Hills, Texas, in 1998. He worked for Art’s Amusement Company in Clovis for many years before opening the Hat Barn on Prince Street. He served in the National Guard and then the Navy during the Korean War. He was a lifetime member of t...
The White House is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect what it sees as a right of the presidency to solicit advice from private citizens and do so in secret — as vice president Dick Cheney did early in the Bush administration with an energy task force. The high court, which seemed to respond favorably to those arguments on Tuesday, is being asked to overturn two lower court rulings ordering Cheney to turn over documents related to his task force. We hope the high court decides in favor of more openness of government, n...
According to late night TV show host Jay Leno, “St. Patrick’s Day is the Cinco de Mayo for white people.” That had me laughing, and nodding in agreement when Leno said this on TV in March. I just have to mention it now as we prepare for a big Cinco de Mayo weekend here in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Let me turn Leno’s remarks around, though: Cinco de Mayo is the St. Patrick’s Day for Hispanics. During my past 14 years as a journalist, I’ve always felt like I have to not only explain but justify the reason Cinco de Ma...
Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal will periodically publish thank-you letters of public interest. Letters should be less than 300 words and the writer must be identified. Writers should include telephone numbers and addresses for verification purposes. Letters may be edited for clarity, content and space considerations. Names of for-profit businesses may be deleted prior to publication. Family member attacked by pit bull This is to thank all that assisted during and after an April 20 dog attack on a member of our family....
Fernando Garcia hugs attorney Jim Klipstine Jr. of Hobbs at the Curry County Courthouse after being found not guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence Thursday. Garcia was found guilty of dogfighting. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Dogfight guilt seen by panel Jurors spent two hours trying to sort conflicting stories. A Curry County jury on Thursday found Fernando Garcia innocent of second-degree murder. “This is the best feeling in my life,” Garcia said minutes after the verdict. The incident that left Moise...
Garcia hopes to resume a normal life, feels sorry for Moises Ortiz’s loved ones. Fernando Garcia just wants to move forward. The 20-year-old Clovis resident spent nearly a year in jail, charged with killing Moises Ortiz, before a jury found him innocent of the charge. Garcia had been released in January on a $65,000 bond and was acquitted Thursday afternoon of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. Garcia still faces sentencing on a dogfighting conviction, but his attorney, James W. Klipstine Jr., asked the c...
Jenny darted between owner and a rattlesnake. Jenny, a mixed-breed dog who died after shielding a Clovis second-grader from a rattlesnake, has received an international animal heroism award. The Elisabeth Lewyt Award for Heroic and Compassionate Animals, presented to 50 dogs and cats since 1999, is a collaboration of the North Shore Animal League of Port Washington, N.Y., and Animal People, a Clinton, Wash.-based animal newspaper. Named after a long-time board member, organizer and fund raiser for the animal league, the...
A Portales man came to the Clovis Police Department about 5 p.m. on April 22 to report a case of stalking via computer. The man said he had walked from one location to another in Clovis on April 19. After returning home, he received a pop-up message on his computer by someone who described every event during his walk and said “your removal will be quite nice.” The man said he had already reported the incident to the Portales police, who told him to report it to Clovis police. • • • About 9:30 p.m. on April 22, police re...
Base personnel help police, firefighters search for device. PORTALES — A bomb scare caused the evacuation of two Eastern New Mexico University residence halls on Thursday, but no explosive device was found. “ENMU police saw a suspicious vehicle and they called us with a mutual aid request,” said Airman 1st Class Jason Marquis of the 27th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at Cannon Air Force Base. “The dogs alerted on something in the car. From there, they set up a perimeter and contacted the Explosive Ordnance Disposa...
Compiled from court records from April 22 through April 28 Marriage Licenses Jared Andrew Herrington, 26, and Jennifer Ann Chapman, 23, both of Clovis. David Joseph Estrada, 32, and Kathy Teresa Cannon, 26, both of Clovis. Mark Anthony Bargas Jr., 24, and Enelvia Ofelia Coba, 23, both of Clovis. Andrew James Saul, 35, and Deisha Lorene Tisdale, 33, both of McAlister, Texas. Dennis Charles Bergmann, 22, of Palm Bay, Fla., and Donna Marie Stoltz, 27, of Gainsville, Fla. Jerry Glenn Owen, 36, and Marsha Ann Barton, 35, both of...
A bomb scare caused the evacuation of two Eastern New Mexico University residence halls on Thursday, but no explosive devices were found. “What happened was ENMU police saw a suspicious vehicle and they called us with a mutual aid request,” said Airman 1st Class Jason Marquis of the 27th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at Cannon Air Force Base. “The dogs alerted on something in the car. From there, they set up a perimeter and contacted the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.” Exactly what circumstances initially led to the...
Trinity Family Church members are preparing to give away about 28,000 pounds of food from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at their Family Center, located at 601 S. Ave. B. Pastor Jim Maxwell said the church is giving away the food in conjunction with Open Door Ministries of Joshua, Texas. “We’ve done this before with fantastic results,” Maxwell said. So fantastic, in fact, that Maxwell has set up a different distribution method than in November, when the church had its last food give-away. “We’ll know what people want in the way of fo...
While baseball umpires often take a lot of grief, most are in it for the love of the game. Former area high school players Wes Hatley and Ricardo Anaya said they’ve used umpiring as a means to stay close to the sport. No one does it to get rich. Anaya, 25, said normal play is $40 for a varsity game and $20-25 for a junior varsity game. Umpires usually carpool to games and receive mileage if the round trip is at least 60 miles. Hatley and Anaya are members of a Clovis-area umpiring group of about 15, under the direction of D...
Ninth Judicial District Judge Joe Parker denied Brian Moshier’s request for release from incarceration to house arrest on Thursday in the Roosevelt County Courthouse. Moshier’s attorney, Gary Mitchell, presented a motion to amend conditions of Moshier’s release because of Moshier’s medical conditions. Mitchell said his client is suffering from lung problems, due to the gases he was exposed to when he was a welder. Mitchell spoke via a conference call during the 15-minute hearing. “During his work as a welder he suffered...
According to late night TV show host Jay Leno, “St. Patrick’s Day is the Cinco de Mayo for white people.” That had me laughing, but also nodding in agreement when Leno said this on TV in March. I just have to mention it now as we prepare for a big Cinco de Mayo weekend here in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Let me turn Leno’s remarks around though: Cinco de Mayo is the St. Patrick’s Day For Hispanics. During my past 14 years as a journalist, I’ve always felt like I have to not only explain but justify the reason Cinc...
The Portales tennis teams finished off their home season with 5-0 wins against Roswell High Thursday afternoon. The wins put the Portales girls at 18-2, the boys at 15-5. The matches were played in district format, with players compete only in singles or only in doubles. Hailey Quick, Rachelle Self and Morgan Erf earned singles victories for the girls, while Portales’ doubles teams were Jessica Bulls/Kaycee Quick and Bethany Self/Kassandra Short. Boys singles players were Chance Plummer, Bryan Yeast and Chris Kirchner. D...
Rick White Guillermo Chavez’ timing couldn’t be better. With the district and state tournaments coming up in the next two weeks, the long-hitting Clovis junior is playing his best golf of the season. Chavez fired his third-straight, sub-par round Thursday, a 1-under-par 70 to win the Clovis Triangular golf tournament. His short birdie putt on No. 18 earned him a one-stroke win at Clovis Municipal Golf Course. Cutting the corner on the par-4, 364-yard hole dog-leg, Chavez drive landed in the green-side, grass bunker. He eas...
V.G. Kyle Services: Have been held. V.G. “Red” Kyle, 77, of Fort Sumner died Tuesday, April 27, 2004. He was born on Sept. 6, 1926, in Brownfield, Texas, to F.R. and Edna Walters Kyle. He graduated from Fort Sumner High School in 1944. He served in World War II as a M1 Rifle Marksman and received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. He married Leila Ione Wilmeth on Nov. 26, 1953, in Fort Sumner. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Demolay Dad, a 32 Degree Master Mason, Eas...
Sofia Rivera Services: Have been held. Sofia Rivera, 87, of Clovis, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on Oct. 6, 1916, in Millersview, Texas, to Sixto Terrazas and Leandra Guzman. She was a homemaker and a member of Iglesia Bautista Belen Church in Clovis. She married Marselo Rivera on Dec. 2, 1944, in Millersview, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband; four brothers, Leandro, Canuto, Tom and Tilano Terrazas; and a sister, Sara Pena. Survivors include four...
Edna Fulgham Services: Have been held. Edna Fulgham, 83, of Clovis, died Saturday, April 17, 2004, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on Aug. 31, 1920, in Lincoln County, to Bert and Millie Tucker. She married Ray Fulgham on May 23, 1938, in Clovis. She was a member of the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 21. She served as president of the state assembly in 1970-1971 and chaplain of the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies of the world. She was also a member of the First Christian Church. She...
Joseph Labranche Services: Have been held. Joseph “Leo” Labranche, 82, of Clovis died Thursday, April 15, 2004, at his home. He was born on Sept. 10, 1921, in Lowell, Mass., to George and Mary Lantaign Labranche. He married Mary Rondeau on Nov. 4, 1944, in Lowell. He served in World War II in the Air Force. He moved to Albuquerque 1952, where he worked for Chevron Oil Company in the accounting department for 30 years. He moved to Clovis in 1996 and lived here until his death. Family members said he was an avid golfer, a lov...
Florence Mildred “Mickey” Grubelnik, 83, of Raton died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Miners’ Colfax Medical Center in Raton. She was born on Nov. 28, 1920, to Ethel Mae and William L. Turner. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Family members said she enjoyed hunting and fishing. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. “Pug” Grubelnik; her parents; a daughter, Cynthia Jean Grubelnik Hopper; a brother; and three sisters. Survivors include a son, Robert Carl “Skip” Grubelnik (and wife, Pat) of Colorado Spri...
Antonia Naylor Services: Have been held. Antonia “Toni” Marie Armijo Naylor, 56, of Portales died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales. She was born on Oct. 16, 1947, in Clovis to Lucrecio and Josie Salazar Armijo. She married John A. Naylor on Nov. 12, 1968, in Roswell. She lived in Clovis for most of her life and then she moved to the Portales area in 1995. Family members said the love of her life was her grandchildren and family. She was a member of Living Faith Church in Portales. She was...
Kay Johnston Services: Have been held. Kay Johnston, 59, of Portales died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center in Clovis. She was born on Nov. 3, 1944, in Tucumcari to Louise and Bill Johnston. Her family moved to Portales from Levelland, Texas, in 1959. While she was in school, she worked at the sale barn that her father owned. She graduated from Portales High School in 1963. She attended Eastern New Mexico University for two years before beginning her career at Portales National Bank. She retired...
Barbara Thomas Services: Have been held. Mrs. Barbara E. Thomas, 85, of Clovis, died Monday, April 12, 2004, at the Retirement Ranch in Clovis. She was born on Dec. 8, 1918, near Farmersville, Texas, to Walter Roy and Dora Lawrence Johnson. She graduated from Farmersville High School in 1936. She married Dumas T. Thomas on Dec. 22, 1939. She was a longtime resident of Merit, Texas, and had been a resident of Clovis since 1979. She moved to Clovis to be near her daughter. She was a member of Merit Baptist Church. Family...
