Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Bob Martin of Clovis recorded his first hole-in-one Wednesday at Chaparral Country Club. He recorded the ace with a 6-iron on the par-3, 164-yard 11th hole. Playing partners were Don Bonner, John Hager and Larry Lowry....
BLACKWATER DRAW — Friday night’s football opener survived a rainstorm, and the Portales defense made sure it survived a challenge from West Las Vegas on an off-night for the Ram offense. Junior Tyler Rutherford had two of five interceptions for Portales, which earned a 19-7 win over the visiting Dons at Greyhound Stadium. On a night when the Rams’ passing game sputtered, the defense came up big throughout with as many interceptions on defense as Portales had completions on offense. Rutherford said he didn’t expect the mat...
Pat Lyons, commissioner of Public Lands for New Mexico (right), talks with Greg Southard of Leslie’s Candy Co. on Thursday during a Rotary Club meeting at the Holiday Inn in Clovis. Photo by Eric Kluth. A proposed Constitutional amendment that would spend a higher percentage of New Mexico’s land grant permanent fund is bad public policy, according to the state’s commissioner of public lands, Clovis native Patrick Lyons. Speaking at Thursday’s noon Rotary Club meeting, Lyons said New Mexico risks the future education of its...
The first local county where humans contracted West Nile continues to have the highest number of cases in the region. Bailey County now has 10 confirmed cases of West Nile in humans and 13 more suspected cases are awaiting the results of state testing, officials with Muleshoe Medical Center said. “I can’t tell you why we are having such a problem in Bailey County,” said Dr. Bruce Purdy, chief of staff at the hospital. “Everybody coming in with a little bit of aches and fever thinks they’ve got West Nile and want to be tested...
John Badal (center), president of Qwest’s New Mexico operations, helps Danielle Welsh (left) and Marie DePatti, both of Albuquerque, look for driving directions on the Internet from Clovis to Albuquerque on Thursday at Clovis-Carver Public Library. While many of us still don’t know the difference between an Internet “site” and a “link” — let alone a “bit” and “kilobit” — we’re already living in an era of communications technology that is transforming the way we live and work, said John Badal, Qwest communications company’s... Full story
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: A 53-year-old Clovis man came to the police department Monday morning to report a possible case of credit card fraud. The man said he wrote a $49 check to a Florida company in July that said it would open a credit card account for him; the check has been cashed but the man said he had not received a credit card. • • • Clovis police checked out a drug tip at the 1100 block of North Davis Street about 7:30 p.m. Monday. Resid...
Compiled from court records from Aug. 21 through Wednesday: Marriage licenses • Jeremy John LeClear, 25, and Tina Louise Clayton, 36, both of Clovis • Brian Joseph Teichmann, 25, and Misty Angel Strickland, 22, both of Clovis • Barry Dewayne Jones, 41, and Helen Sue Conner, 44, both of Clovis • Matthew Keith Wilkerson, 44, and Melissa Renee Lee, 35, both of Clovis • Richard Norman Behrend Jr., 36, and Crystal Gayle Jenkins, 25, both of Borger • Alejandro Alberto Vega, 19, and Nicole Catherine Lard, 19, both of Clovis • La...
Ira Bedford Services: Have been held. Mr. Ira Paul Bedford, 80, of Sacramento, Calif., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee, Minn. He was born on Aug. 18, 1923, in Weeletka, Okla., to Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Anthony Bedford. He married Mary Helen Thomas on Dec. 1, 1946. He worked as an inspector in the Vocational Standard field for the state of California. He served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Family members said he enjoyed traveling and s...
Steve Friskup of Muleshoe, Texas, left, talks to Bill and Ginger Sneed, of Talpa, Texas, on Sunday after a cowboy church service at the sale barn in Clovis. Photo by Eric Kluth. The Clovis Livestock Auction’s four annual horse sales attract buyers and sellers from across the United States and even other countries. But for longtime horse sale manager and auctioneer Steve Friskup, the sale has another purpose. “We are definitely a professing Christian business,” Friskup said. “Jesus — that’s the best part of this horse sale. Pe... Full story
It has been many years, but that Sunday night long ago is still clear in my mind. God knew all about me and my attitude and still it hurts a little even today when I think about my attitude that night. It was about 1963. The teenagers at church customarily all sat on the three back pews on the right side of the sanctuary. That was our usual seat. Of course as teenagers we did things during the church service that we should not have done. We passed notes, whispered and planned...
Elida Methodists are planning to have a party on Sunday. They’re celebrating 100 years of ministry to the community. “We’re coming together in this celebration to praise God and give him honor for 100 years of continuous Christian ministry,” said Fred Anthony, co-chair for the event for Elida Methodist Church. “We hope those in attendance will be blessed through this celebration.” Sunday’s festivities will begin with a 10 a.m. praise-and-worship service, Anthony said. “There are several former members — as well as current m...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation. boss i was minding my own business the other day strolling through the church kitchen when marcellus the ugly ungodly cat scampered across the counter in pursuit of hapless homer hummingbird homer made it safely out the kitchen window into the rose garden but marcellus stormed about knocking a sack of oranges onto the floor right behind me boss instantly life became a blur of speed an avalanche of oranges c...
CNJ staff photo: Rick White/Clovis senior defensive end Jarod Baldwin closes in on Las Cruces High QB Brandon Lucero during last week's scrimmage.Jarod Bald Rick White No Hank Baskett. No Nathan Nuttall. No Joey Garcia. No chance for the Clovis Wildcats? Not necessarily. For the first time in several years, the Wildcats head into a season without a big-name player, a go-to guy that keeps opponents up at night. In fact, even the most ardent Wildcat fan might be hard-pressed to name the returning starters from last year’s t... Full story
