Staff and wire reports Tech. Sgt. Matthew Schwartz, 34, of Cheyenne, Wyo., was among three servicemen killed Jan. 5 when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province’s Shir Ghazi, the Defense Department said Saturday in a news release. Schwartz was an explosive ordnance disposal specialist assigned to the 90th Civil […]
Dora’s Clark third in tiedown roping heading into finals
July 23, 2010
CNJ staff GILLETTE, Wyo. — Dora High’s Jesse Clark is third in tiedown roping heading into today’s final performance in the National High School Finals Rodeo. Clark posted a time of 10.947 seconds in Friday’s second go-round which, combined with his event-best 8.68 in the first go, left him with a time of 19.627 seconds […]
Dora’s Clark leads tie-down roping after first round
July 21, 2010
Freedom New Mexico Gillette, Wyo. — Jessie Clark of Dora leads tie-down roping at the National High School Finals Rodeo after the first round. Clark’s time of 8.68 seconds Tuesday night gives him a half-second lead over the field 110 ropers in the weeklong event. “I made a good run on a calf that really […]
Falcons defense stifles Wyoming
September 11, 2008
USAF photo: John Van Winkle U.S. Air Force Academy fullback Todd Newell dives over the top of Wyoming defenders for a first down on Sept. 6 in Laramie, Wyo. Newell made eight carries for 23 yards and scored the game’s final touchdown, in the Falcons’ 23-3 win over Wyomin By John Van Winkle: U.S. Air […]
ENMU team roper third
June 19, 2008
CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s Tyrell Flewelling climbed to third in team roping after Thursday’s performance at the College National Finals Rodeo. With a time of 7.4 seconds in the third-go, the ENMU
Pioneer Days Rodeo results
June 9, 2008
CNJ staff At Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena Bearback riding: 1. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 86; 2. Chauncey Kirby, Fort McDowell, Ariz. 83; 3. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo. 80; 4/5. Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo. and Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 79. Steer wrestling: 1. Tony Larson, Sheridan, Wyo. 3.9 seconds; 2/3. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. […]
Errol Keith Pruitt
February 10, 2006
Errol Keith Pruitt, 74, of Santa Rosa, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005, in Hobbs. He was born Aug. 12, 1931, in Melrose, to Pat and Thelma Beavers Pruitt. He married Rosetta Bennett on Dec. 24, 1952. He owned and operated Pruitt Construction Co. and the Rambling Rose RV Park in Santa Rosa. He was a […]
Larsen, Martin
May 3, 2005
Martin Larsen Services:Have been held. Martin Larsen, 73, of Clovis, died Sunday May 1, 2005, in Muleshoe Area Medical Center. He was born on July 22, 1031 in Hazard, Neb. He married Verna Dickman in Kinnear, Wyo., on April 21, 1957. He moved to Clovis in 1988. He was an Army Veteran during the Korean […]
Ennis , Willie
May 3, 2005
Willie Ennis Services: Have been held. Willie Clinton Ennis, 77, of Norman, Okla., formerly of Tucumcari, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, in Cheyenne, Wyo. He was born on Jan. 17, 1928, in Coalgate, Okla., to Arson and Evelyn Ennis. He married Roxie Williams Townsend on Jan. 24, 1945, in Ada, Okla. He was preceded in […]
Clay, Maria “Tony”
February 2, 2005
Maria “Toni” Antonia Clay, 85, of Clovis, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis. She was born on Oct. 24, 1919, in Topeka, Kan., to Donicho and Josephine Ramirez. She married Theodore Clay Sr. on Dec. 14, 1939. She was a lifelong Jehovah’s Witness. She was preceded in death by her […]
Akers, Edith
February 11, 2004
Edith Mae Akers, 93, of Clovis, a seamstress, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis. She was born on Nov. 8, 1910, in Dora, Nolan County, Texas, to George R. and Willie Bloxom Sagely. She married William L. Akers on Oct. 17, 1931, in Clovis. She was a resident of Pleasant […]
Pearl Holbrook
October 11, 2003
PEARL HOLBROOK Services: Have been held. Pearl Frances Holbrook, 90, died Oct. 9, 2003 at St. John’s Living Center in Jackson, Wyo. She was born Dec. 26, 1913, to Henry and Grace Curtis. Her parents homesteaded in Roosevelt County in 1906. Mrs. Holbrook attended school in the Fairfield community south of Texico/Farwell. At 15, she […]
Edwards, Claudette
September 11, 2003
Claudette Edwards Services: Have been held. Mrs. Claudette Goertz Edwards, 66, of North Charleston, S.C., died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, in North Charleston. She was born on Nov. 13, 1936, in Wheatland, Wyo., to Claude and Marjorie Randall Goertz. She was raised in the Slater and Antelope Pass areas in Wyoming. She attended Wheatland, Wyo., […]
