Those of us who lived in Washington were amused at what we called the “Washington Monument Syndrome.” When budget cuts were threatened, we were told “we will have to close the Washington Monument.” No one threatened to close an obscure park in North Dakota; always the Washington Monument. Clovis is doing the same with its […]
May 31 Letters to the Editor
May 30, 2009
There will always be need for news I was amused when I read the full-page statement in the May 22 CNJ by the Newspaper Association of America on the “reality” about newspapers. I fully agree that newspapers are great, but here in Clovis the Amarillo, Lubbock and Albuquerque papers have ceased delivery. The “reality” of […]
Sebaztian, the orange cat of my past life
November 4, 2004
Grant McGee Tomaz, my friend Lizzie’s tuxedo cat, was taken for a neutering recently. “Won’t you take him to the vet?” Lizzie asked. “Male cats never forgive you for taking them to (be neutered).” That’s not an exact quote but it will do for a family newspaper. Lizzie might be right. I remembered my orange […]
