Ipanema is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, the seacoast located capitol of Brazil. I have never been to Ipanema, nor to Rio. Astrid Gilberto, the Latina jazz singer who made that area famous in her 1964 bossa nova classic, “The Girl From Ipanema,”is now 71 years old. That is hard to imagine, when one […]
Terry, Raydean
May 3, 2005
Raydean Terry Services: Have been held. Raydean Terry, 82, of Portales, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at her home. She was born on Feb. 7, 1923, in Albuquerque, to Rosa and Thomas W. Brazil. When she was 5, the family moved to Alaska and at the age of 15 they moved to the Arch community. […]
Latin America could be a silent enemy
August 4, 2003
By Mona Charen The global war on terror has scored huge successes thus far. Pakistan, once an open supporter of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, has done an abrupt about face and now cooperates with the United States in tracking and capturing Al Qaeda. To date, Pakistan has arrested more than 500 terrorists. Yemen, Jordan […]
Top names take center stage at Clovis rodeo
June 5, 2003
By Kevin Wilson Buster Record has spent more than a decade making his name as a steer roper in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Even if technically it isn’t his name. “It’s really a nickname,” said Record, who was named Tommy at birth, “but it’s the only name I’ve ever been called. It’s even on […]
