Curtis Shelburne We are all on a journey. What is particularly ironic about the journey is that we spend most of our lives trying to get back where we started. We spend most of our lives trying to fulfill our deepest longing, the desire to be home, truly home. If you think about the journey […]
Seniors prepare to embark on new journey
May 14, 2010
Freedom New Mexico: Tony Bullocks Clovis High School seniors, from left, CJ Goodrich, 18, Tori Bailey, 17, and Carmella Caltagirone, 18, talk about their future plans Friday at the Java Loft. By Clarence Plank: Freedom New Mexico For Portales High School senior Katie Montiel, 18, the road to graduation has been a long journey. She […]
Family biking to Alaska
December 9, 2009
Courtesy photo: Harrison family The Harrison family take a break to look at some wind generators in Texas. The Harrison family are biking through New Mexico in the coming weeks on their way to Fairbanks, Alaska. By Clarence Plank: Freedom New Mexico A family of five is partaking in a long journey to Alaska by […]
Ticket feature: Sounds of Broadway headlines show
April 22, 2009
Courtesy photo The Best of Broadway, taking place 7 p.m. Saturday at Marshall Auditorium, will showcase the songs of Andrew Lloyd Weber. Freedom New Mexico Take a memorable journey from one show-stopping song to the next with The Best of Broadway featuring the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Saturday at Marshall Auditorium. The show is […]
Oct. 5, 2008 Library Books
October 3, 2008
The following books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Legendary Route 66: A Journey Through Time Along America’s Mother Road by Michael Witzel highlights the views along America’s Main Street that stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica as it was during its heyday and as it is now. The Reapers by John Connolly is […]
Turf’s long journey starts with single bead
August 21, 2008
Clayton Church of Yukon, Okla., a turf installer with Pro Grass, pulls on a roll of turf Thursday that will stretch across the field of Leon Williams Stadium. The field is expected to be ready for the first game of the season Aug. 29. By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer The blades of turf soon […]
One’s urge to pray shouldn’t be ignored
March 27, 2008
By Judy Brandon: Religion Columnist I have written about this before but feel it is time to tell it again. A missionary related this story while visiting his home church in Michigan. Serving in a small field hospital in Africa, the missionary had to travel by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for […]
Journey of faith
March 21, 2008
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Juanita Del Toro of Muleshoe has participated in the walk off and on since she was a teenager. “What I was thinking about while I was doing it was how hard it really is,†Del Toro said of her stint carrying a cross on her shoulder. “It feels good.” By […]
Amazing week begins with amazing ride
March 19, 2008
By Curtis K. Shelburne It is an astonishing scene, that journey God’s Son makes to Jerusalem as the last week of his earthly life begins. God in the flesh is walking toward Jerusalem. And the Lord of all creation is about to do something that will astound the universe. As Jesus enters Jerusalem, he will […]
Huckabee drops out of race after ‘journey of a lifetime’
March 4, 2008
The Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. “We kept the faith,” he told his end-of-the-road rally Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination. “I’d rather lose an election than lose the principles that got me into politics in the first place.” The genial […]
Prosthetic legs don't slow runner
November 30, 2007
By Airman Elliott Sprehe: 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — Running 2,500 miles across the United States takes ambition, optimism, faith, perseverance, and for one man, two prosthetic legs. Marine veteran Gene Roberts, a Baltimore native, whose legs were taken from him during the Vietnam conflict, is running from Camp […]
Disabled man attempts cross country run
November 16, 2007
By Sharna Johnson: Cannon Connections An explosion in Vietnam robbed a young Marine of his legs, but not his faith and perseverance. Gene Roberts is on a mission to show how God helps people overcome challenges. The Maryland native is running across the United States on prosthetic limbs designed for athletics. “It is challenging, but […]
Military Feature: Running on faith
November 6, 2007
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Running a stretch of road between St. Vrain and Cannon Air Force Base on Friday, Gene Roberts of Baltimore is on a cross-country quest. The former Marine said he wants to share his love for Jesus with others. By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer An explosion in Vietnam robbed a […]
Finding one’s place is lifelong journey
April 13, 2007
By Clyde Davis: Local Columnist Sometimes we get the unique experience of touching a piece of the natural world, in a small but significant way, that reminds us we are a tiny part of a much larger creation. Without events falling together in a precise pattern, it would not have occurred. With Earth Day approaching, […]
Road trips teach several lessons
December 21, 2006
By Ryn Gargulinski: Freedom Newspapers They say the best part of the journey is the journey itself, not the destination. I’m not sure who “they” are, but I’ll bet they’ve never taken a road trip. My latest jaunt took me some 1,300 miles from the blustery Pacific Northwest to the desert heat of Arizona, mainly […]
Road trips teach several lessons
December 1, 2006
By Ryn Gargulinski: Freedom Newspapers They say the best part of the journey is the journey itself, not the destination. I’m not sure who “they” are, but I’ll bet they’ve never taken a road trip. My latest jaunt took me some 1,300 miles from the blustery Pacific Northwest to the desert heat of Arizona, mainly […]
Leadership from the past can set standards for today
October 6, 2006
Lt. Col. John McLaurin Jr. By the time Meriwether Lewis turned 31, he had accomplished more than most people accomplish in a lifetime. His birthday was in August 1805, and in the previous week, he had successfully negotiated with the Shoshone Indians for horses that would take him and a crew of about 15, along […]
Journey of 1,250 miles begins with jerky
August 22, 2006
By Kevin Wilson: FNNM columnist As I prepared for my 10th high school class reunion, I couldn’t help but think about the class motto we’d decided on that fateful senior year: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” A decade later, I realize that’s a load of bull. If you’re a […]
Students revisit Billy the Kid’s last ride
May 5, 2005
De Baca County Agent Rex Buchman answers questions posed by Fort Sumner and Capitan fourth graders at the “End of the Trail” educational session Wednesday at Fort Sumner’s National Monument. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) By Ryn Gargulinski: CNJ staff writer For a 125-mile wilderness trek on horseback that reenacted Billy the Kid’s last ride, Fort […]
Life is not a journey, it’s a wild ride
December 30, 2004
By Grant McGee A fellow traveler called me the other day (the way I see it we’re all travelers). He thought I might help him figure out why this past year was his lousiest year ever. “I figured if anyone knew it would be you,” he said. I don’t know why he thought that, but […]
