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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Some of us have difficulty dealing with mechanical objects. I guess the politically correct way to state our problem is “mechanically challenged.” That goes double for computers. There’s a little man in mine -- I’ve named him Elmer. Every now and then he says, “You’ve been doing really good. I think I’ll just mess you up now."... Full story
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records from Nov. 6 through Wednesday: • Joshua D. Beevers, 23, to Christy Dawn Wilson, 25, both of Clovis • Manuel Escobedo, 23, to Perla Yessenia Martinez, 21, both of Clovis • Robert Eugene Russell, 31, to Leigh Ann Lynn Horner, 31, both of Clovis • Joshua Lee Moralez, 29, to Christina Rose Garcia, 30, both of Clovis • Ashley Dean Terry, 31, to Michelle Lynn Goodwin, 30, both of Clovis • Mark Lucas Torres, 24, to Heather Richelle...
An 18-year-old was arrested by Curry County sheriff’s deputies for stabbing a teen during an altercation early Thursday morning, according to Undersheriff Wesley Waller. Caleb Negrete is charged with aggravated battery on a household member with a deadly weapon, concealing identity and resisting an officer. He is being held on $11,500 bond, jail officials said. Waller said deputies responded to a residence on N.M. 209 around 2 a.m. for a report of a public affray. When deputies arrived, they found Negrete and a 17-year-old m...
A Clovis man was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison after being convicted for a 2007 home invasion, according to a press release from the district attorney’s office. Shane Medina, 24, was found guilty by a jury of breaking and entering, criminal damage to property, criminal trespass and battery, the release said. According to the release: • In October 2007, a couple told Curry County sheriff’s deputies and state police a stranger kicked in their door and attacked them. The husband told police he tri...
New Mexico American Water officials will hold a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library North Annex to discuss a proposed rate increase, according to a company news release. The water company in July filed a rate increase request to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. New Mexico American is proposing a 16 percent increase to recoup expenses from infrastructure improvements that increased water supply, according to Kathy Wright, the company’s general manager. Infrastructure i... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Cricket Hamar Keller dances several kinds of dance, including ballet. Cricket Hamar Keller is a dancer who graduated from the University of California Las Angeles in May. After graduation, Keller, 29, didn’t miss a beat in her rounds of teaching at Los Angeles dance studios and making a trip home to Clovis to teach a workshop at her mother’s dance studio. Dancing queen: I dance and choreograph ballet, modern dance, jazz, contemporary dance and tap. I love to dance ballet and jazz and I love t...
It seems like yesterday mobs clamored for government to spank Big Oil for gouging. “Windfall profit taxes!” they demanded as gasoline prices in June rose to $4.33 nationally. What a difference a season makes. Gasoline prices now are around a buck and half in some parts of the nation and $2.40 on average for New Mexico, according to AAA auto club. Unsurprisingly, price relief came without Washington’s intercession. It was almost otherwise. When gasoline prices topped $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats last summer wanted the feder... Full story
It seems like yesterday mobs clamored for government to spank Big Oil for gouging. “Windfall profit taxes!” they demanded as gasoline prices in June rose to $4.33 nationally. What a difference a season makes. Gasoline prices now are around a buck and half in some parts of the nation and $2.40 on average for New Mexico, according to AAA auto club. Unsurprisingly, price relief came without Washington’s intercession. It was almost otherwise. When gasoline prices topped $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats last summer wanted the feder...
The Salvation Army is preparing to launch its Christmas programs in the face of a trying economy for charities and individuals alike. Today is the last day applications will be taken from families for the empty stocking fund and in the next week, collection kettles and Angel Trees will be going out in anticipation of the holidays, according to Capt. Tammy Ray The Empty Stocking Fund provides families in need with toys, food and clothing, and works in conjunction with the Angel Tree program, in which donors select a tag with... Full story
Prosecutors want the trial of a Clovis man charged with more than 100 counts of child molestation moved to Portales because of publicity, according to court records. A motion filed in the 9th Judicial District Court on Thursday cites prejudicial news coverage and statements made by the defendant’s brother — who is the Tucumcari police chief and former Curry County sheriff — as examples why they believe a fair trial could not be held in Clovis. Larry Hatcher, 48, f...
Crash investigators are still trying to determine which of two vehicles involved in a fatal head-on collision Wednesday night was driving in the wrong lane, according to State Police Lt. Gary Ross. Three men Clovis men were killed around 5 p.m. when two vehicles crashed in the southbound lane of N.M. 209 north Clovis near Curry Road 21. Sergio Mendoza-Ortega, 21, the only survivor, was airlifted from the scene to a Lubbock Hospital. Mendoza-Ortega told the CNJ on Thursday he was OK, but a language barrier prohibited further q...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Wayne Martin has displayed his collection of tractors on his property about a mile from city limits on U.S. 70 for nearly 40 years. County efforts to clean up the entrances to the city has compelled Curry County farmer Wayne Martin to part with his collection of tractors. Martin, 64, has collected antique tractors for nearly 40 years, and has more than 30 on his property about a mile from city limits on U.S. 70. “Everybody else has always appreciated them,” he said. “It’s kind of a collect...
Questions about race and its implications continue to be of interest since — or because of — the 2008 presidential election. The election marks a historic time as Barack Obama became the first black man to become president of the United States. Panelists at a forum Thursday at Eastern New Mexico University found much to discuss, so much, in fact, that the forum went on for twice as long as it was scheduled and did not address all of the questions listed. The forum, organized by ENMU’s African-American Affairs, i...
“Grandchildren,” someone has written, “are balm for grandparents’ souls.” Though I joined the lofty ranks of “grandparenthood” less than two years ago, it took me only a few nanoseconds with the two most beautiful little girls in the world to feel that truth. If my heart is soaring already, just a glimpse of them lifts it a thousand feet higher; if my heart is hurting, I take one look at them and feel the Lord using those little souls to bring healing to mine. The moment each...
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Friday Friends of the Library Book Sale — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Portales Public Library meeting room. Saturday Friends of the Library Book Sale — 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Portales Public Library meeting room. ‘Spoon River Anthology’ — 7 p.m. University Theatre Center Studio Theater. Tickets $4. Sunday ‘Spoon River Anthology’ — 2 p.m. University Theatre Center Studio Theater. Tickets $4. Monday ‘Spoon River Anthology’ — 7 p.m. University Theatre Center Studio Theater. Tickets $4. Tuesday ‘Spoon Rive... Full story
Semi truck hits horses A tractor-trailer hit and killed four horses on N.M. 206 early Thursday morning, according to Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker. The semi driver, 52-year-old Harlin Shrock of Portales, was not injured in the crash, which occurred about 4:30 a.m. near the Mooreland Road intersection. The vehicle was disabled. Shrock’s truck was traveling northbound, and at least five horses were wandering in that lane, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Brad Mauldin handled the case, whi...
County efforts to clean up the entrances to the Clovis have compelled Curry County farmer Wayne Martin to part with his collection of tractors. Martin, 64, has displayed his collection of antique tractors on his property about a mile from city limits on U.S. 70 for nearly 40 years. The number of tractors has increased over the years. “Everybody else has always appreciated them,” he said. “It’s kind of a collection of historical things. There’s a lot of items there that you won’t ever see again.” Martin also owns an antique st...
Joan Clayton: Religion Columnist I can’t help but notice that a crisis brings prayer regardless of the catastrophe, and it happens in public places. I heard no complaints about praying in public when 9/11 happened. The pain was too deep. I think prayer is vital to us any time. In the tumultuous times of adversity, prayer and trusting are especially important. Mankind cannot save itself. Man is only a mortal being, but with God, “all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). I am thankful for those who pray for others. In the m... Full story
PNT Staff Reports The Portales Municipal School Board approved an updated grade adjustment policy at their regular meeting Monday night. The policy defines the teacher’s role in assigning grades to students and changing grades due to mechanical or clerical errors. “We needed to update the grade adjustments policy to make sure we are being fair to the students, the parents and to the teachers,” Superintendent Randy Fowler said. The policy also allows for the student and the student’s parents to challenge a grade they believe...
The temporary closure of Abengoa Bioenergy in Portales has resulted in small but unfavorable changes for the Roosevelt County agriculture sector. The ethanol plant shut down operations for an unspecified period of time, possibly months, in October. Abengoa used milo, which many county farmers grow, to make ethanol. Some dairy owners used the byproduct “wet cake,” also called distillers’ grains, as part of their cattle’s rations. “It’s probably hurt the price of milo a little bit,” said Ben Buie, manager of grain trading...
Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center, 1200 Thornton St. Information: 763-4400. Seminar — 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Solomon on Sex seminar by Daniel Akin, First Baptist Church Sunday Seminar — 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Solomon on Sex seminar by Daniel Akin, First Baptist Church Men’s non-denominational bible class — 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. North Plains Mall Cinema, 2809 N. Prince St., Clovis. Free coffee and donuts. Teacher: Don Reid. Morning worship — 9:45 a.m....
When Daddy and Mother were in seminary, the money was tight. So we looked for entertainment that was inexpensive and accessible. I remember a trip when our family and another family took a trip to the Missouri State Fair in 1955. The Missouri State Fair was quite an attraction to us with all the farm animals and competitions. Yet, it was the midway was a primary enticement for us. Even though the carnival part was exciting, it was not the rides that caught my attention that...
Author Gary Mitchell says some of his characters in Amos columns are based loosely on observations of people he encounters in and outside of church. Born in the active imagination of a shy teen hoping to contribute to his church’s newsletter, Amos the Churchmouse has wiggled his way into the hearts and minds of thousands of readers for more than four decades. A staple on the Clovis News Journal’s religion page since 1989, Amos champions Christianity by exploring the underpinnings of the church world. Creator Gary Mit... Full story
OKLAHOMA CITY--God bless America, and how’s everybody? • Sarah Palin was flooded by offers from Beverly Hills talent agents Monday. She is the only stock that’s going up. We knew Barack Obama was smart, if only we had known that when he said millions of Americans cling to God and guns, it was a stock tip. • New York Mets legend Mike Piazza signed a deal with Simon and Schuster Thursday to write his autobiography. He was some role model. Mike Piazza made the position of catcher so glamorous that today every oth... Full story
