By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer On a weekend out of Clovis, I had a lot of time to think about things … mostly how the roadrunner pizza (pepperoni, sausage, green chili) should be featured everywhere and how commercials for a new season of “24” can always get me out of a bad mood. Here […]
May 31, 1942
May 26, 2007
Pop Jennings, a Curry County resident since 1907, was the first to announce his candidacy for sheriff. … Dollar Day values at Mandell’s department store included: two ties for $1, five pair of socks for $1, four bath towels for $1. … Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland were starring in “They Died With Their Boots […]
Missing: One dog in need of bath
May 19, 2006
By Ryn Gargulinski: Freedom Newspapers The New Mexico dog that has been perpetually running away for more than a year to find a girlfriend has taken off again. When he was gone a week, we formulated a theory. He found a girlfriend. When his absence stretched to 14 days, we got a new theory. He […]
Life lesson: Don’t run out of bubble bath
October 22, 2005
Ryn Gargulinski: Local Columnist Volcanoes don’t spew fire, tsunamis don’t drown nations and earthquakes don’t wreck tall buildings in San Francisco due to some logical, scientific explanation that usually involves tectonic plates. The Earth does these things because it’s frustrated. Years of misuse, abuse and potholes on East Rankin lead our dear planet into harboring […]
Sometimes mistakes help us come out clean
February 12, 2004
Judy Brandon Think about this: sometimes our mistakes can turn out to be blessings. As a child, I loved Ivory soap. I was so amazed that it floated in the water when I took a bath. Then I would see the commercial on television — “Ivory Soap: the soap that floats!” The Ivory soap commercial […]
A life of grace begins with a simle lesson
October 2, 2003
Judy Brandon I am a preacher’s kid. When my sister and I were growing up, we lived in a house owned by the church. I have wonderful memories of the parsonage. Tithe money from the members of the church supported us and part of the arrangement was that the church would pay the utilities of […]
