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USAF photo: Senior Airman Cardenas Amy Armenta irons a star-patterned quilt at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center on Feb. 19. She is a member of Operation Home Front Quilts, an organization that sends quilts to families of fallen servicemembers. Since April 2004, Cannon’s group has made and donated nearly 600 quilts. By Airman 1s […]
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Brandon Jackson decided to put his tractor to good use Friday by helping friends and neighbors clear their driveways on Rosewood Drive. By Sharna Johnson: Freedom New Mexico Life started returning to normal across eastern New Mexico Friday as residents began digging out from a vicious winter storm that shut […]
Courtesy photo Larry Porter is still hospitalized, recovering from a broken leg he received during a Nov. 30 robbery that took place in his driveway. By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer A month after he was robbed and beaten in his own driveway, 72-year-old Larry Porter of Clovis remains hospitalized and is struggling to recover […]
By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer A 72-year-old Clovis man suffered a broken leg in a failed attempt to fend off a robbery with a bag of turnips. Larry Porter is being treated at a Lubbock hospital after police said two men robbed him in front of his home. Porter had just exited his vehicle […]
CNJ staff photo: Gabriel Monte Tech. Sgt. Christ Porter, right, and his wife Marisila, left, run a Buddhism discussion group at the Cannon Air Force Base chapel. Chris Porter said he and his wife are new to Buddhism having formally adopted the religion in June. By Gabriel Monte: CNJ staff writer Tech. Sgt. Chris Porter […]
Porter Friends and schoolmates from the Porter school and community are invited to attend a reunion at 9 a.m. Aug. 30 at the San Jon Community Center. Registration is $12 per person. A lunch is included. A dance will be held at 7 p.m., admission is $5 per person. Music will be provided by Monte […]
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer With her new home at Cannon Air Force Base came a new yard. The urge to garden was almost immediate, said Marilisa Porter, an Air Force staff sergeant who moved to Clovis about a year and a half ago. “I thought, well, heck, this is the first time I […]
Mildred “Millie” Mills, 79, of Logan, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, at Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari. Born May 19, 1926 in Claude to Joseph Eugene and Eleanor Lena Bentley Tucker, she graduated from Pleasant Hill High School where she was class valedictorian. She lived most of her life in Curry County. She married Marvin […]
Thelma “Maydene” Porter Golden, 68, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, in DeSoto, Texas. She was born Sept. 4, 1937, to Alford P. Porter and Euna Nonnie O’Dell. She married Price Dowell Golden on April 14, 1961, in Rylie, Texas. She was a retired employee of Alcott U.S.A. She was preceded in death by her parents […]
The Porters attach a leash to a husky as they prepare to take the dog outside for a walk. Airman Thomas Trower, 27th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Cannon, Clovis and Portales are seeing an increase in many domestic animals being sent out to survive on their own. Owners are deserting the animals that once trusted […]
Editor’s note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We’re honoring the war’s area veterans over the next several months with these brief profiles. George Porter Date of birth: March 8, 1926 Dates of Service: 1944 to 1946 Hometown: Fort Smith, Ark. Lives in: Clovis Theater and location […]
Olive “Oley” M. Hess, of Clovis, died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis. She was born in Batavia, N.Y., to Arthur and Fannie Mullen. Family members did not release her age or date of birth. Hess moved to Santa Fe in 1956 where she lived until moving to Clovis in 2003. […]
Earl McCuiston Services:Have been held. Earl Porter McCuiston, 79, of Clovis, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, at his home. He was born on Dec. 10, 1925, in Paris, Tenn., to Aubery Porter and Mary Elizabeth Allen McCuiston. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a seaman first class. He married Pearline […]
By David Irvin: CNJ staff writer Linda Porter put six months of her time and effort starting up Box Office Video Copper Cove n’ More in Farwell. But when she received her January gas bill, she just couldn’t go on, she said. It was the final straw, and on Sunday she officially closed her doors. […]
Dalton Porter Services: Have been held. Dalton Ray Porter, 58, of Midland, Texas, died on Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. He was born on June 17, 1946, in Crowell, Texas, to Alford Pinkney Porter and Eura Nonnie Odell. He was raised in Portales. He was a member of University Baptist Church of Portales. He was a […]
Neta May Leavitt Porter Services: Have been held. Neta May Leavitt Porter, 86, of Clovis, died Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis. She was born on Aug. 14, 1917, in New Home, Texas, to Valentine and Ada Estes Leavitt. She married James W. Porter on June 3, 1972, in Clovis. She […]
Freedom Newspapers When the Founding Fathers set up our federal government they envisioned a system under which the national government was responsible for things that concerned all the states and would be difficult if not impossible for the individual states to handle themselves. This covered such issues as waging war and taxing imports. The national […]
Porter Henry Services: Have been held. Mr. Porter Davis “Pat” Henry, 61, of Portales, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at his home. He was born on May 25, 1941, in Carlsbad, to Madge and A.P. Henry. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1959. He attended Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, graduating with a […]
