The Thrill and the Truth ❏ Aretha Franklin Dies at 76 After Unchallenged Reign As Greatest Vocalist of Her Time
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FRIDAY,AUG. 17, 2018 Inside: 75¢ GOP divided over Space Force. — Page 6A Vol. 90 ◆ No. 119 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Los Angeles Times: Lawrence K. Ho Aretha Franklin in concert at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2015. The thrill and the truth ❏ Aretha Franklin dies at 76 after unchallenged reign as greatest vocalist of her time. Detroit Free warning to “Think.” By Hillel Italie Press: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Richard Lee Acknowledging the obvious, Rolling Stone ranked her first on NEW YORK — The clarity and James its list of the top 100 singers. the command. The daring and the Brown, Franklin was also named one of discipline. The thrill of her voice right, per- the 20 most important entertainers and the truth of her emotions. forms with of the 20th century by Time mag- Like the best actors and poets, Aretha azine, which celebrated her nothing came between how Franklin in “mezzo-soprano, the gospel Aretha Franklin felt and what she Detroit, growls, the throaty howls, the girl- ish vocal tickles, the swoops, the could express, between what she Michigan, in expressed and how we responded. dives, the blue-sky high notes, the January Blissful on “(You Make Me Feel blue-sea low notes. Female vocal- Like) a Natural Woman.” 1987. ists don’t get the credit as innova- Despairing on “Ain’t No Way.” tors that male instrumentalists do. Up front forever on her feminist As surely as Jimi Hendrix settled mid-20s, she recorded hundreds They should. Franklin has mas- and civil rights anthem “Respect.” arguments over who was the No. 1 of songs that covered virtually tered her instrument as surely as Franklin, the glorious “Queen rock guitarist, Franklin ruled every genre and she had dozens of John Coltrane mastered his sax.” of Soul” and genius of American unchallenged as the greatest popu- hits. But her legacy was defined The music industry couldn’t song, died Thursday morning at lar vocalist of her time. by an extraordinary run of top 10 honor her enough: Franklin won her home in Detroit of pancreatic She was “Aretha,” a name set in soul smashes in the late 1960s that 18 Grammy awards and, in 1987, cancer. She was 76. Few perform- the skies alongside “Jimi” and brought to the radio an over- became the first woman inducted ers were so universally idolized “Elvis” and “John and Paul.” A whelming intensity and unprece- into the Rock and Roll Hall of by peers and critics and so exalted professional singer and pianist by dented maturity, from the wised- and yet so familiar to their fans. her late teens, a superstar by her up “Chain of Fools” to the urgent FRANKLIN on Page 5A Man gets two years for assault A NEW TRADITION ❏ Clovis High fellow student council member ing to be joined by 100 to 200 of in New Mexico who told Cabrera her classmates on Saturday. of grandmother Soto seniors releasing about it at the annual New “It’s our first year doing it so Mexico Association of Student it’s just kind of a trial,” she said. BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS threatened to shoot her, and fired it balloons to the sky. Councils conference. She said the early gathering is into the air twice before fleeing the “I just thought that it would be so the release of the balloons can CLOVIS — A Clovis man was sen- scene.” BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS cool to bring it to Clovis because coincide with the sunrise to make tenced this week to two years in prison Soto was arrested two days later, our school doesn’t do too much,” the best possible photos, an for assaulting his grandmother last according to jail records. CLOVIS — Before their mor- Cabrera said. apparent necessity in the age of spring, according to a news release The verdict following a jury trial tarboards soar into the air at With several goals of her own Instagram. from the 9th Judicial District attorney. Wednesday morning before Judge graduation, the Clovis High to accomplish before the end of “The girl was telling me that as A Curry County jury convicted Fred Van Soelen, who “sentenced School senior class will send the school year, Cabrera might the sun rises it just looks really Narcizo Soto, 20, of fourth-degree Soto the maximum of two years in the some balloons into the sky. need a bigger balloon. beautiful and it just created real- felony aggravated assault with a dead- Department of Corrections,” the Marissa Cabrera, the student “My goals are just to graduate ly cool pictures for it,” Cabrera ly weapon and two counts of petty release said. body president, said seniors plan high school, have a good time, said. “Our generation, especially misdemeanor negligent use of a dead- Since the crimes were considered to meet at 5:45 a.m. Saturday at meet as many new people as I my class, is all about pictures so ly weapon. “serious violent offenses,” Soto must Leon Williams Stadium to can and get ready for college,” that’s why I thought it would be a The charges stemmed from March serve 85 percent of that sentence release balloons with their goals she said. really cool idea just so that way 9, 2017, when Soto “got into (an) before being eligible for release. written on them. Cabrera said the student coun- we have pictures for the year- argument with his elderly grandmoth- Soto was represented by public “We just wanted to set a tradi- cil has been spreading the word book and stuff like that.” er and held a handgun to her head,” defender Sandra Gallagher, and the tion for the future just so more about the event via social media Cabrera said the plan is to according to the release. case was prosecuted by Assistant classes can start doing this,” and the school announcements. bring things full circle at the end When a neighbor intervened, he District Attorney Arwen Gaddis and Cabrera said. With a class of about 300 stu- of the school year with a senior “then pointed the gun at the neighbor, Lara Maierhofer. She said the idea came from a dents, Cabrera said she was hop- sunset event to include a bonfire. 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Filling part-time positions. Information: 575-562-2211 Saturday ■ Paella on the Patio — 6 p.m. ■ Old Timers Day Luncheon at Clovis Civic Center. Menu items: — Noon at Curry County Events paella, tapas, dessert. Tickets: $30 Center. All seniors 50+ welcome to each. Information/reservations: free meal. Information: 575-935- 575-935-5000 7000 ■ Page Turners Book Club — ■ Lego club — 1 p.m. at Clovis- 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Carver Public Library. Information: Library. Book: “The Second Mrs. 575-769-7840 Hockaday.” Information: 575-769- ■ Curry County Fair — 5 p.m.- 7840 midnight carnival. $30 wristband. ■ Roosevelt County Fair car- Information: 575-935-7000 nival — 8 p.m.-midnight at ■ Monster Truck Thunder — 7 Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. p.m.-9 p.m. at Curry County Information: Fairgrounds. Tickets: Kids $11, [email protected] adults $18. Information: 575-935- 7000 Aug. 24 ■ High Plains 42 Domino Sunday Championship Tournament — 6 ■ Skeet Shoot pre-registra- p.m. at Texico Senior Citizen tion — 8 a.m. for Sept. 8 scheduled Center, 211 N. Griffin. 6 p.m. regis- Fourth Annual Skeet Shoot to ben- tration, $30 per team (cash only). efit Roosevelt General Hospital Information: 575-714-3947 Foundation, held at Idsinga Dairy. ■ Roosevelt County Fair car- Registration: $35 youth, $50 adult, nival — 8 p.m.-midnight at $175 team corporate division. Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Information: 575-226-6669 Information: [email protected] Staff photo: Jamie Cushman Monday Mark Chavez works on a chainsaw carving at the Curry County Fair on Thursday. Chavez said he has probably ■ Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m.-3 Aug. 25 carved more than 7,500 pieces since he started doing chainsaw art 16 years ago. The fair continues through p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public ■ New Mexico State 42 Saturday night. Library. All American Afghan, come Domino Championship and go group. Information: 575- Tournament — 7:30 a.m. at Texico 769-7840 Senior Citizen Center, 211 N. Griffin . 6:30 a.m. registration, $40 per Tuesday team (cash only). Information: 575- ■ Pork chop breakfast — 6 714-3947 a.m.-10 a.m. in Jake Lopez Building ■ Kiwanis Pet Show — 10 a.m. Public record at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. at Curry County Fairgrounds. Chops, eggs, biscuits and gravy, Children of all ages encouraged to The following marriage Gladewater, Texas 60, both of Clovis Brennan Hill $10 per plate. Proceeds benefit bring their pet, win a blue ribbon. licenses were compiled ■ Kendall C.