Chicken harvesting not for meek
In early spring you get baby chicks at the feed store in town. My mom always ordered them in bunches of 25. I don’t know if that was just a good number she dreamed up or what, but there were always 25...
View ArticleIn search of ponies: Horses share strength
Her voice was strained and tired as she described the stress and challenges their family was enduring. But most of all, what she wanted was her baby boy with her. Though it’s been years, I can still...
View ArticleClovis zoo has baby giraffe
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis’ Hillcrest Park Zoo has a new resident. A female giraffe, already 6 feet tall, was born about 9 p.m. Wednesday night, officials said. Kevin Wilson The Clovis zoo’s...
View ArticleBaby giraffe’s debut still on hold
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Public viewing of a baby giraffe born last week at the Hillcrest Zoo remains on hold, Clovis Parks and Recreation Director Bill Bizzell said Monday. CNJ staff Public...
View ArticlePress release: Naming competition for baby giraffe
On January 25, 2012, a baby was born to Jael, our Rothschild giraffe. The post Press release: Naming competition for baby giraffe appeared first on Clovis News Journal.
View ArticleOfficial: Baby giraffe doing well
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis Hillcrest zookeeper David Sanders, left, feeds the baby giraffe Tuesday, one of her five daily feedings, with assistance from Mark Yannotti. Tonjia Rolan Hillcrest...
View ArticleSweet Home New Mexico: Childhood passes by in blink of an eye
My six-year-old son is the youngest child in the first grade at his school. He has an early September birthday, missing the cut-off for kindergarten by just six days. Because of that, my husband and I...
View ArticleEditorial: Can’t wait to meet baby giraffe
CNJ staff Applause … Clovis zoo officials tell us the giraffe born Jan. 25 is doing well, growing as she should and eating five meals a day. There has been great concern about her ability to survive...
View ArticleBaby giraffe named Jerrica
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Rebecca Holt of Clovis, winner of the Hillcrest park Zoo’s giraffe naming contest, puckers up Wedneday to give Jerrica a kiss. Holt said she suggested Jerrica for the...
View ArticleClovis zoo’s baby giraffe makes debut
Cannon Connections: Tony Bullocks Seven-week-old Jerrica was made available for public viewing for the first time Tuesday at Hillcrest Park Zoo. Jerrica, who was born at the zoo, was placed in an...
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