CNJ staff During a Monday night dinner, 37 area high school seniors were recognized for academic success through earning cumulative grade point averages of 4.0 or higher since the ninth grade. Cindy Harris said the Bank of Clovis has sponsored the dinner for 24 years in a desire to recognize those students who work hard […]
Anniversaries — April 24
April 23, 2011
Bails Robert and Pattie Bails of Clovis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary May 7, 2011, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Faith Christian Family Church. [image #3, align=right, size=medium] The celebration will be hosted by their son Tony Bails and their daughter Cindy Carthel. The couple was married April 28, 1961, in Alva, […]
Club notes — April 3
April 2, 2011
PRMC Auxiliary Plains Regional Medical Center Auxiliary held the annual awards luncheon at the Days Inn March 22. President Fran Boney introduced guests Cindy Landerman and Lorraine Winegate from KCLV and Deborah Lewis certified victim advocate from the Hartley House. Hoyt Skabelund presented Vivian Lake a name-inscribed bowl in honor of being selected Auxilian of […]
U.S. Homeland Security’s 10 most wanted
March 1, 2011
Our sister paper the Orange County Register recently posted a slideshow by immigration reporter Cindy Carcamo on U.S. Homeland Security’s 10 most wanted. Click here to view the slideshow.
Parents, teachers meet about AYP scores
October 25, 2010
CNJ staff Teachers and administrators for the Clovis Municipal Schools met with parents Monday night in a forum to discuss adequate yearly progress. Cindy Martin, deputy superintendent of operations for CMS, went over AYP information and school test scores. Of the school’s 16 schools, 12 did not make AYP, a figure on average with the […]
April 12, 2009 Club Notes
April 11, 2009
PRMC Auxiliary Plains Regional Medical Center Auxiliary held their Annual Award Luncheon recently at the Civic Center, attended by 53 Auxilians and 8 visitors. Joy Melton offered the Invocation. Ina Chandler introduced our guests, Hoyt Skabelund, Liz Crouch, Ann Felton-State President, Ann Langlanais-District 111 chair, Norma Kelley, Allison Brown, Lauren Jones and Candy Langerman. Those […]
Profile: Cindy McCain rallies for global causes
October 2, 2008
MCT photo: Chuck Kennedy Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, supports many humanitarian efforts. By Jill Zuckman: Chicago Tribune Editor’s note: Here is the second of a two-part profile of Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Last month, Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, was profiled. […]
Cindy McCain: Military mom
September 25, 2008
MCT photo: Brian Baer Cindy McCain has one son at the U.S. Naval Academy and another serving in the Marines. Her father was a B-17 bombardier in the Army Air Corps during World War II. By Jill Zuckman: Chicago Tribune Editor’s note: Earlier this month, columnist Anita Doberman profiled Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic […]
County Clerk Candidate Profile: Cindy McDaniel
May 6, 2008
Courtesty photo Cindy McDaniel is a Curry County Clerk candidate. Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal asked county clerk candidates to answer the following questions in 300 words or less. The answers were edited for spelling and style. The primary is June 3. Cindy A. McDaniel Age: Declined to respond. Occupation: Purchasing specialist at Clovis […]
Lost dream of cowboy yodeling found
December 16, 2007
By Karl Terry: Freedom New Mexico If I could yodel I’d buy a horse and guitar and follow Roy Rogers into the sunset. I’ve tried it in the shower but my wife says it sounds like I’m strangling cats. I’m pretty good on yippy-ti-yi-yis, but full on yodeling with the notes rising and falling from […]
Feb. 7, 1975
February 5, 2007
A paroled criminal was charged with murder in connection with the slaying of a convenience store clerk. Stanley D. Melton was ultimately convicted in Sarah Vineyard’s death. … Clovis drilled Roswell Goddard, 77-53, in a high school basketball game. All 11 Wildcats players scored. Willie Henry had 19 points and 18 rebounds as CHS improved […]
Vinassa, Viola “Vi”
February 23, 2006
Viola “Vi” Vinassa, 68, of Norfork, Ark., died Monday, Feb. 20, 2006. She was born March 20, 1937, in Broadview to Tom and Cecil Webb. She married Remo “Ray” Vinassa on Jan. 18, 1964, in Las Vegas, Nev. Family members said she enjoyed bowling, quilting and feeding and watching wildlife from her home on the […]
In tribute: Student remembered for determination
October 13, 2005
By Andy Jackson: CNJ staff writer Family members said Samuel Kuni never let his size or his handicap keep him down. Born four months premature and later handicapped with impaired vision, Kuni had a huge heart, they said. Kuni, 12, died on Oct. 3 at a Lubbock hospital from complications due to a staph infection, […]
Protesting mother one public face of war skepticism
August 22, 2005
Freedom Newspapers It is difficult by now to try dispassionately to assess the phenomenon of Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother whose son was killed in Iraq and who has been staging a peace vigil outside the president’s home in Texas. But it’s worth an effort. There are two major reasons Sheehan has received so much […]
Meeks, Cindy
July 10, 2004
Cindy Meeks Services: Have been held. Miss Cindy Lue Meeks, 30, of Farwell, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on Aug. 2, 1973, in Clovis, to Jimmy and LaWanda Meeks. Family members said she was a friend to all who knew her. She loved going to […]
Fund helps ease holiday stress
November 28, 2003
By Eric Butler Some families limit the amount of gift-giving at Christmas time, on account of the size of the family, to one per person. It’s often a flexible rule that’s easily broken when Dec. 25 comes around. But being capable of giving even one gift to each of her four children is something Cindy […]
