Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Erik Cardenas Airman 1st Class John Encomienda and Amn Natalie Mcleod, 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, stand next to two of the 12 Air Force Sergeants Association food drive boxes they built. A recent trial community service project at Cannon Air Force Base will mean that hundreds of men, women and children in the local surrounding communities will have a lot more of the food they need. The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1255 spent three weeks collecting canned food...
USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Erik Cardenas Airman 1st Class John Encomienda and Amn Natalie Mcleod, 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, stand next to two of the 12 Air Force Sergeants Association food drive boxes they built. A recent trial community service project at Cannon Air Force Base will mean that hundreds of men, women and children in the local surrounding communities will have a lot more of the food they need. The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1255 spent three weeks collecting canned food...
Courtesy photo: Jerry Priest Jerry and James Priest€™s house in south Clovis €” built in 1923 €” was destroyed in the tornado. The first anniversary of the March 23, 2007, tornado that struck eastern New Mexico with such destructive force falls on Easter Sunday. For some people involved in helping survivors rebuild their lives and homes in the tornado’s aftermath, that seems fitting, said the Rev. Lance Clemmons, chairman of the Clovis-based Eastern New Mexico Disaster Recovery Council. “Those of us who have worked all year t...
Area pastors will join together tonight to take listeners on a spiritual journey from the first statement Jesus Christ made on the cross to the last statement before he died. Along the way, they hope to bring renewed meaning to the message of what Jesus did on the cross and the power of the Easter Resurrection. “Jesus’ last words on the cross were ‘It is finished.’ I will not be portraying Jesus as a victim. In his life, he deliberately moved toward the cross. He never forgot why he came,” said the Rev. Margot Thompson...
Today Annual Ministerial Alliance Community Good Friday Service — 5:30 p.m. Hosted this year by Bethel Assembly of God Church, 1521 N. Norris St. Information: 762-4100 Good Friday Traditional Tenebrae Service — 7:30 p.m. Tenebrae “Service of Darkness.” Prayers, scriptural readings from the Psalms, Old Testament and Gospels. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 N. Prince St. Information: 763-4526 Saturday Easter Egg Hunt — 8:30 a.m. Snow or shine. More than 750 eggs. Door prizes. Children through sixth grade. First...
CNJ photo: Tony Bullocks The Rev. Margot Thompson from Trinity United Methodist Church is one of seven area pastors chosen to speak about the last seven statements of Jesus on the cross at tonight€™s Good Friday community service. Area pastors will join together tonight to take listeners on a spiritual journey from the first statement Jesus Christ made on the cross to the last statement before he died. Along the way, they hope to bring renewed meaning to the message of what Jesus did on the cross and the power of the Easter R...
Stirring people to action when it comes to social justice issues such as poverty, hunger and disease motivates the Rev. Tony Campolo to speak passionately and unapologetically to audiences around the country. “Was Jesus kidding when he said to love your enemies, to overcome evil with good?...
Courtesy Photo The Rev. Tony Campolo travels across the country speaking about the need for Christians to be more involved in finding solutions to social justice issues. Stirring people to action when it comes to social justice issues such as poverty, hunger and disease motivates the Rev. Tony Campolo to speak passionately and unapologetically to audiences around the country. “Was Jesus kidding when he said to love your enemies, to overcome evil with good?...
The Lighthouse Mission in Clovis is seeking donations of art prints, paintings, sculptures, antiques, homemade quilts and other artistic pieces, especially artwork created by local artists, for a silent auction fund-raiser to benefit the rescue mission’s ministry. Art donations should be taken to the Lighthouse Mission by 5 p.m. March 14 at 407 L. Casillas Blvd. in Clovis, according to volunteer event coordinator Marcos Urban. The mission is open from 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. weekdays. The art items will be available for purc...
Christian recording artists Monk and Neagle have toured all across the country with musicians such as Mercy Me and Bebo Norman. Now they’ve decided to play a little closer to home to kick off their first solo tour. Tonight, the singer-songwriters and longtime friends are bringing their guitars and their acoustic sound to Clovis for a concert at the Java Loft, starting at 9 p.m. Though the call of Nashville has grown strong at times, home for Trent Monk and Michael Neagle is still the West Texas city of Amarillo. “It’s a great...
Christian recording artists Monk and Neagle have toured all across the country with such well-known musicians as Mercy Me and Bebo Norman. Now they’ve decided to play a little closer to home to kick off their first solo tour. Tonight, the singer-songwriters and longtime friends are bringing their guitars and their acoustic sound to Clovis for a concert at the Java Loft, which starts at 9 p.m. Though the call of Nashville has grown strong at times, home for Trent Monk and Michael Neagle is still the West Texas city of A...
Art donations, volunteers needed The Lighthouse Mission in Clovis is seeking donations from area residents of art prints, paintings, sculptures, antiques, homemade quilts and other artistic pieces, especially artwork created by local artists, for a silent art auction fundraiser to benefit the rescue mission’s ministry. Art donations should be taken to the Lighthouse Mission by 5 p.m. March 14 at 407 L. Casillas Blvd. in Clovis, according to volunteer event coordinator Marcos Urban. The mission is open from 8 a.m. to noon a...
Freedom New Mexico: Janet Bresenham Marynell Urban, from left, and Mary Forester from First United Methodist Church in Clovis serve homemade chicken, rice and green beans Wednesday to Eastern New Mexico University students Patrick Newman, center, and Michael McCord. For 20-year-old Liang Qing, who came to Portales from the Sichuan province in southwest China, home and family are far out of reach. For Jennifer Hunter, 18, home seems far away, too, even though her parents live in Farmington in the Four Corners region of New...
Conference set for March 8 The “Free Indeed and Power” Word and Power Conference is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 in the Master’s Center Conference Room at 21st and Prince streets. Special speaker will be Sherri Wilson. Registration is free but required by Monday so that organizers will know how many people to expect. Lunch will be provided during the conference. Wilson will be speaking about the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit as described in the Bible. This will be the final teaching for this conference seaso...
For 20-year-old Liang Qing, who came to Portales from the Sichuan province in southwest China, home and family are far out of reach. For Jennifer Hunter, 18, home seems far away, too, even though her parents live in Farmington in the Four Corners region of New Mexico. Both of them find a sense of home, family and community while attending Eastern New Mexico University with the director and volunteers from Portales and Clovis who serve students’ souls, spirits and stomachs at the Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist s...
William “Cisco” Riley and Roshawn “Sam L” Pitts became best friends after they met in Clovis about a year and a half ago. Both moved here from California and each was an only child, so they found a lot in common, friends said. Now Riley, 31, is being held in jail on an open count of murder. He’s accused of shooting Pitts, 20, to death on Friday morning. “This is all so crazy,” said Ann Parson, who operates the Learn O’Rama Day Care Center about a block from where the shooting took place. She said she knew both men well....
Six-month-old Genesis Patton is held by her foster mom Pauline Monroe, of Clovis, as the two enjoy the Juneteenth Celebration Saturday at Potter Park. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Even at 8 years old, Joy Tucker knows that Juneteenth means more than good food and fun and a day to visit and play with friends and family. “It kind of means a day when people who were slaves were free,” he said. Since its origin in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, June 19 has meant just — a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United State...
After four elections in more than four months, Muleshoe finally has its District 1 city council member. Political newcomer Robert Orozco reveled in the thrill of victory Saturday night, winning a majority vote over the candidate who defeated him for the position in a special election earlier in the year. Orozco will serve the next three years on the Muleshoe City Council. “My heart has been beating fast for awhile now, waiting to hear, until the city secretary called me,” said the lifelong resident of the small West Tex...
Everett McSchooler, 4, of Clovis, looks at the catfish he caught as his dad Scott shows it to him during The Optimist Club of Clovis’ 17th annual Fishing Derby Saturday at Ned Houk Park. McSchooler caught five fish on the day. CNJ photo: Eric Kluth Timothy Estrada, 5, yawned and sank back in his chair along the banks of the lake at Ned Houk Park early Saturday morning, as he watched for movement in the water near his fishing pole. The sleepy soon-to-be kindergarten student summed up his favorite part about fishing with his g...
Jared Womack, 12, of Clovis, left, and Stephanie Martinez, 14, of Clovis, race down Sycamore Street during the 3rd annual Soap Box Derby Saturday in Clovis. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. Eight-year-old Geoffrey Holmes could not contain his excitement Saturday morning as he stood with his mother and awaited the next run in his first time competing in the Clovis Rotary Club’s All-American Soap Box Derby. Hopping inside his green race car, he eagerly explained its design and the thrill of competition. “You use this pedal for stee...
Clovis Christian School juniors Amanda Teune, 16, right, and Melissa Gomez, 16, front, try to get money from motorists Saturday during the school’s eighth annual Mile of Money fund-raiser. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth Fierce, bitter-cold September winds could not stop the enthusiasm of the students, parents and teachers of Clovis Christian School who lined Norris Street for several hours Saturday morning to raise a Mile of Money. “Our people are big troopers,” said Terri Sorley, a parent who was helping organize the annua...
A driver stops to give a donation to Clovis firefighter Clay Wilhoit for the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association “Fill the Boot” campaign Sunday afternoon at the intersection of First and Prince streets. Photo by Janet Bresenham. Every year near Labor Day, firefighters in Clovis and across the nation take to the streets with boots in hand to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Their message is simple: “Help firefighters help Jerry’s Kids.” “It seems like muscular dystrophy affects children the most and fi...
Ricky Burns, 16, of Texico, places potted plants onto a trailer Sunday as he cleans up the Curry County Fairgrounds after the conclusion of this year’s fair. A little more than 27,000 people attended the fair this year, organizers say. Curry County Fair Board president Buddy Vaughan said Sunday he and the many people who helped organize this year’s fair were pleased with how it went. Although attendance was slightly down from last year’s fair, Vaughan said, it still showed an increase from the years prior to 2002, he said....
Jennifer Blackburn, 16, of Grady, left, and Laiken Crist, 12, of Clovis, right, wait to show their lambs as Delanie Crist, 10, of Clovis, center, gives her lamb a kiss at Friday’s Junior Livestock Sale at the Curry County Fair. . Photo by Eric Kluth. For Laiken Crist and her friends Kayla Merritt and Heather Blackburn, the Curry County Fair’s Junior Livestock Sale on Friday night quickly became bittersweet. The reality of having to part with an animal they had spent months feeding, grooming and learning to love hit them all...
As with many people who attend the annual Curry County Fair, Tamie and Montie Powell know what they like, even if they like it for different reasons. “I like to eat,” Montie Powell said. “I like to visit,” his wife said. They both agreed that being at the fair provides a great opportunity to catch up with a lot of friends and spend time relaxing. “The people are what I like about coming to the fair,” Tamie Powell said. “You don’t get to see as many people day-to-day when everyone’s working so much. But the fair gives you a...
