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The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Some Die Young” by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone. Everyone deserves a second chance. Even someone like John Bannack. He took the fall for his bank-robbing brother. Served time in a Texas State Prison. And saved the life of Judge Wick Jus...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The British Booksellers” by Kristy Cambron. A farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl’s daughter, but that couldn’t keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington until the reality of the Great...
Possessions and proliferation. Two “p” words, each beginning with “p” as in “problem.” For the first to be last and the last to be first — a biblical concept for sure — I begin with “proliferation.” I’m not talking about nuclear proliferation. That is its own “capital P” problem. Suffice it to say that I love the prophet Isaiah’s words about the time when nations will “beat their swords into plowshares” (Isaiah 2). But, sadly, in this fallen world, that time is not now. No, th...
If eastern New Mexico's top news of 2023 had to be summarized in one word, that word would be fire. House fires took the lives of six people in Clovis – four adults on Jan. 12 and two young children on May 3 – while a Sept. 3 fire at Walmart may have been the most economically significant blaze in Clovis' 116-year history. The year's first tragedy happened just after 2 a.m. on Jan. 12 at 511 N. Wallace St. Neighbors said they could hear people inside the house screaming for...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Murder in the Book Lover’s Loft” by Ellery Adams. Jane and her fiancé, Edwin, are headed to the North Carolina coast for a much-needed vacation. Their harborside loft has floor-to-ceiling bookcases and breathtaking views, but Jane’s hopes of explor...
This week’s “On the Shelves” lists documents in the Clovis-Carver Public Library’s Flood Protection Library Reference Collection, revised July 2023. Documents are located in the library’s Southwest Room. • “Addressing Your Community’s Flood Problems: A Guide for Elected Officials.” Association of State Floodplain Managers Inc. and the Federal Interagency Management Task Force, 1996. Ref. 363.349 Wri • “Answers to Questions About Substantially Damaged Buildings.” Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1991. Ref. 363.349 Ans...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. In conjunction with the City of Clovis Floodplain Management Program, the library maintains a collection of materials on National Flood Insurance programs including maps of local floodplains, manuals for designing or retrofitting structures,...
Maybe you’ve read my brother Don’s column, something I run weekly in my Guadalupe County News because, well, he loaned me money. That’s why we call his weekly column “The One Percenter,” because that’s about how much of my newspaper he “owns,” although we are now locked in a pitched battle over an additional 1%, which he thinks he has earned by bringing in “at least a million” readers, a figure he arrived at using a mathematical formula he made up. Who says numbers don’t lie? Fortunately, my brother doesn’t make his livi...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Patrick Picklebottom and the Penny Book” by Mr. Jay. This book was given in honor of Tyler Lucas. Young Patrick Picklebottom gets the surprise of his life when a kind-hearted store owner sells him his favorite book for only one penny. But will he...
“Maybe we need to blow this s--- up.” Five years ago, that was the considered opinion of comedian Mike Yard, a panelist on Larry Wilmore’s old Comedy Central program, “The Nightly Show.” It came as candidate Bernie Sanders absorbed a crushing primary defeat in New York and it was becoming clear he would not be the Democratic nominee for president. Panelist Rory Albanese had suggested that, faced with a blindingly obvious choice in the fall -- Hillary Clinton against Donald Tr...
Once again, carnage goes to school. Once again, American students are used for target practice. But conservative leaders are on the case. Recognizing the ongoing threat to our children, they know it’s time for decisive action. It’s time to do something about books. And if you expected that sentence to end differently, you haven’t been paying attention. In red America these days, books are Public Enemy No. 1. As Time magazine recently reported, librarians are seeing a defin...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Ghost Rifle” by Max McCoy. Descended from a long line of ramblers and rogues, Jack Picaro came to America to seek his fortune. But after killing his best friend in a drunken duel, the apprentice gunsmith flees westward, behind children he doe...
And just like that, the orb weavers are back. Maybe it wouldn’t have been such an unpleasant … surprise … if there had been some sort of warning. A little “you hoo, I’m here” or a glittery message woven into the webs. But no. I found out they’re back from their summer break by walking into one of the elaborate webs. That was my cardio for the day. I’m not sure who was more surprised, me or the spider. Maybe the neighbors from my shrieks. Once my heart rate was back to normal...
A week ago, life was relatively normal. Now, not so much. Self-quarantining and social distancing have become things people are supposed to do. Bathroom tissue has become white gold. All thanks to the coronavirus. Troubled times indeed. Throughout the area, like the country and the world, people are experiencing shock and in some cases, panic - hence the run on toilet paper. But others, while dealing with the pandemic with caution, are taking a more measured approach. In...
The following books are now available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Killing the SS” by Bill O’Reilly, donated in memory of Barbara Jean Higdon, covers the epic saga of espionage and daring waged by self-styled “Nazi hunters.” This determined and disparate group included a French husband and wife team, an American lawyer who served in the army on D-Day, a German prosecutor who had signed an oath to the Nazi Party, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, they scoured the world, tracking...
PORTALES - Landall Goolsby loves movies. The idea that he'll no longer own a business that rents them is difficult regardless of the words he chooses to define it. "We're retiring the Box Office," Goolsby said Monday. "That sounds more fun. It just gets to a point where you get exhausted. We're not afraid of hard work, but it just got harder." And so, the Portales landmark known as Landall's Box Office begins its last days, with a closing date of June 19. It's been part of...
CLOVIS - Nathaniel Jouett will be 51 at his earliest possible release from prison for the "monstrous acts" he committed at age 16 in a matter of minutes the afternoon of Aug. 28, 2017. That's less time than prosecutors wanted and more than his defense counsel recommended in a searing sentencing hearing that started Monday in Curry County and concluded with a decision Friday afternoon from 5th Judicial District Judge James Hudson. During that time the court heard emotional...
PORTALES - Denise Burnett has overseen plenty of changes in over three decades serving the Portales Public Library. But there's plenty she expects will stay constant for the community institution. Some of those changes have included an expansion that more than doubled the library's size in 1997, and a Microsoft grant that brought four computers to the location and allowed PPL to be the first to offer internet service to the public. Burnett recalled learning how to use a mouse...
There is a thought that people think about growing up on the farm. They imagine many things, but I suspect that a library isn’t the first image that pops into the brain. Some of you may have gotten there quickly and I’m glad you understand. But for clarity, let me paint you a picture. The room was built with one full wall of bookshelves and a few shelves that weren’t really optimized for the storage of literature — being too deep and neither tall nor short enough. Less than ha...
Education columnist Not surprisingly, libraries are gradually transforming into media centers. While, at first glance, this sounds a bit sterile, nothing could be further from the truth. Libraries still contain “stacks” with endless rows of books; tables and chairs for study; and comfy couches and chairs for settling in with a great read. In addition to these, however, one now sees computers and digital tablets replacing card catalogues for quick and efficient searches. Signs for “e-books” and stations with rows of plugs f...
Religion columnist My mother and Daddy had quite the library. Now this collection of 5000 books is in bookshelves in the room my mother used to occupy in our home. At least once a week, I go back and browse through the old treasures. I have first editions books, one of which is about Willman Carey, the missionary to Africa. Commentaries, Greek textbooks that my parents used in their seminary classes, biographies of the stalwarts of the faith and books on many sermon series...
Military Update Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald told the House VA Committee last week that a $68 million, 4,000-page study of VA health care it ordered last year and accepted last month uncovers the same weaknesses and solutions McDonald and his policy team have been tackling for months. The “Independent Assessment” of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) by outside industry and government health experts makes 188 recommendations. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Florida, committee chairman, touted it as a blueprint for ref...
Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald told the House VA Committee last week that a $68 million, 4,000-page study of VA health care it ordered last year and accepted last month uncovers the same weaknesses and solutions McDonald and his policy team have been tackling for months. The “Independent Assessment” of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) by outside industry and government health experts makes 188 recommendations. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Florida, committee cha... Full story
The following books are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The Secrets of Midwives,” by Sally Hepworth delves into the complex and heartbreaking relationships between mothers and daughters as Neva, Grace, and Floss, three generations of midwives in one family, unravel secrets that will have life-changing consequences for them all. “A Touch of Stardust,” by Kate Alcott evokes the shimmering world of vintage Hollywood with a story of a young woman from Indiana who finds herself working on the set filming...
Today we have crisp and high-quality digital sound at our finger and ear tips. But nothing beats the old-fashioned needle-to-the-vinyl sounds of my youth, whether I was jamming to the hardcore piano of Billy Joel or hip-swaying cumbias of Grupo Mazz. My friend, Lupe Rosales, got me thinking about my first vinyls recently. Some of you may be too young for vinyls. Vinyls were the personal-pan-pizza-sized disc records that came before cassette tapes and then the CDs or iPods that you know and use today. I remember the first... Full story
