Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 40
Those who knew Kacee Lovato best say she was an inspiration to family and friends, a spirit who could take away another person’s pain with just a smile. To Kevin Gardells, Lovato could light up a room when she walked in the door. When she sang, he said, “Angels stopped to take notice.” Lovato, 20, of Portales was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning on N.M. 206. four miles south of Dora. The funeral is 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Portales. She graduated from Portales High School in 2006 and wo...
Jan. 22 • Sam Villanueva, 48, was found guilty of driving on a suspended/revoked driver license. He was ordered to serve 357-days suspended sentence to Roosevelt County Dentention Center to serve a 7-day jail term, attend ASPEN program, supervise probation for 357-days and pay court costs and fees. Monday • Christian Putzier, 24, was found guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (1st). He was given 88-days suspended sentence. leaving a 2-day jail term to be served at RCDC, one year...
Sunday Faith Search Discovery seminar — 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, Second Street and Avenue C. Skeptical-biologist-turned-Christian Don Bierle presents evidence in support of Christianity. Seminar and lunch are free, and Bierle’s book “Surprised by Faith” is available for $6. Tuesday Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. Roosevelt County Courthouse. Teen writers group meeting — 4 p.m. Portales Public Library. Part of Some Teens Are Reading program. Wednesday Preschool Storytime — 10:30...
Fund created for Lovatos A fund for Kacee Lovato’s family has been set up at First Financial Federal Credit Union. Lovato died in a car crash Thursday. Donations: 356-5530, extension 1607, or 700 W. Second St. City Council has Thursday meeting The first Portales City Council meeting in February is scheduled for an unusual day. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday....
My oldest daughter, age eight, is beginning to show concerns about what other people think of her. She asks me if a skirt looks nice or if her hair resembles the other girls' in her swimming class. I see her eyes furtively checking out her friends' attires and shoes before getting out of the car, to make sure that she's 'cool'. When I drop her off at practice, she even instructs me not to say good-bye too loudly from the car, in case her friends see that she's waiving to me and her sisters - something that is appropriate for... Full story
A hospital stay shouldn’t be like a visit to the Twilight Zone but my wife’s stays certainly tend in that direction. I’ve told about her experiences in seeing the ghost of Doc Holliday while in the Glenwood Springs, Colo., hospital just a few hundred yards from Doc’s final resting place. Last week we added a few chapters to the growing book with an unexpected hospital stay. Our episode of Monster Theatre began at the local emergency room, also known as the Indigent Drifters Ward thanks to our health care system....
The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Victim Impact Program was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler. The money, which comes from the Office for Victims of Crime, will be used to support activities hosted by the Victim Impact Program during National Crime Victim’s Rights Week, April 25 to May 2, Chandler said. Activities this year include the annual Crime Victim Rights Week Breakfast, a candlelight vigil, Denim Days, and a Victims’ Rights Infor...
Freedom New Mexico Former attorney general Michael Mukasey made a grievous error when he ruled that immigrants have no recourse regarding errors made in their cases. In one of the last acts of the Bush administration, Mukasey ruled that immigrants don’t have the right to have their deportation cases reopened because they had poor legal representation. Eric Holder, who on Wednesday received the Senate Judiciary Committee’s recommendation to replace Mukasey, should review the decision and be willing to reverse it. Muk...
Freedom New Mexico Former attorney general Michael Mukasey made a grievous error when he ruled that immigrants have no recourse regarding errors made in their cases. In one of the last acts of the Bush administration, Mukasey ruled that immigrants don’t have the right to have their deportation cases reopened because they had poor legal representation. Eric Holder, who on Wednesday received the Senate Judiciary Committee’s recommendation to replace Mukasey, should review the decision and be willing to reverse it. Muk...
I have been waiting several days now for someone to write a response to the letter from Kirby Rowan that appeared in your paper on Jan 18. Since no one has, I will. What prompted me to get off dead center was the shabby treatment by the liberals present as President Bush boarded his helicopter the day of the inauguration. This, coupled with other remarks, like those from Rowan, show that our liberal friends have little respect for the office of president of the United States. Behavior such as booing is inexcusable. Rowan is... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Fuzhou’s Chinese Buffet Manager Fang Pin Huang was injured and has bandages on her head and hands after she chased a group of teens who ran out without paying last Monday. She was frustrated and angry when she grabbed onto the car door. She remembers telling them, “You cannot just run away! We’ll call your parents.” Then she heard one of the teens yelling “go, go, go” to the driver. The door was pulled from her hands and she felt herself be...
The following criminal cases were recently closed through the 9th Judicial District Court. To view individual cases, visit http://www.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app and search by case number. Searches can also be conducted using last name, first name and by comparing the case number to the search returns. Under the “Register of Actions Activity” section of each case, activity is listed most recent to oldest, going down the page. Jan. 5 through Jan. 13: Curry County D-905-CR-200300098 Steve R. Moreland, 50, dismissal of cha...
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 2 a.m. Jan. 17 an officer responded to a residence in the 700 block of north Walnut Street. A man said someone knocked on his door and when he asked who it was, all they would say was “me”. When he opened the door, the man said three males, one of whom kept his hand on a gun tucked in his waistband, pushed their way inside and went into his bedroom and unhooked his tel...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Buddy Holly is commemorated in the Norman and Vi Petty Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum in the Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce, which opened in Sept. 2008. Clovis never knew Buddy Holly. Fifty years after his death, Holly’s fame is a foundation for the annual Clovis Music Festival, which attracts Holly fans from around the world. The recording studio where he worked on west Seventh Street is the closest thing the city has to a tourist attraction. But on the day the music died, mos... Full story
The following books are available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Cat in a Sapphire Slipper: A Midnight Louie Mystery by Carole Douglas begins as Temple Barr’s aunt plans a Las Vegas wedding to a reputed ex-mobster with a heart of gold, but after the whole wedding party is kidnapped, feline detective Midnight Louie prowls the alleys to solve the crime. Mutiny by David Hagberg reveals the inside story of the true events that inspired “The Hunt for Red October” as revealed by the Soviet naval hero who lived... Full story
Bare-Williamson Collin Ray Bare-Williamson and Valerie Nicole Bare-Williamson were born Dec. 19, 2008, at University Medical Center in Lubbock to Dustin Bare-Williamson and Samantha Dropps, both of Portales. Collin weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Valerie weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce. Grandparents are Alan and Mary Ann Dropps of Clovis and Rosalee Williamson of Portales and the late Valerie Bare of Portales. Great-grandparent is Wayne Levacy of Portales.... Full story
Activities Parenting Group — Meets 10 a.m. first Friday of each month at Clovis Civic Center. Information: 763-9027 Baxter-Curren Senior Center Bingo — 1 p.m., Thursdays, 908 Hickory. Information: 762-3631 Baxter-Curren Jam Session — 6:30 p.m., first, second and third Tuesdays, 908 Hickory. Music instrument playing. Information: 762-3631 Baxter-Curren Music Sessions — 6 p.m., second and fourth Tuesdays, 908 Hickory. Music singing and playing. Information: 762-3631 Circle Eight Squar...
Chaparral Extension Club The Chaparral Extension Club met Jan. 22 at Trinity Lutheran Church with 12 members present. President Sheryl Abdill called the meeting to order. June Phillips read “Wash Day.” Dorothy Bean gave the treasurer’s report. The club by-laws were gone over and changes were discussed with the group approving the changes. A domino tournament was planned for Feb. 23. The jewelry making workshop was announced. Hostesses Carol Litzelman and Lois Lewis served refreshments. Sheryl presented the program for the lea... Full story
Pair-Williard Mitsi Pair and Joshua Willard, both of Austin, were joined in marriage Dec. 31, 2008, at Chateau Bellevue in Austin. Ryan Strebeck performed the wedding ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Morris and Marci Pair both of Clyde, Texas. She is the granddaughter of Layton and Melba Holt both of Mabank, Texas. The bridegroom is the son of Tammy Garner of Clovis and Dennis Willard of Texico. Bride’s attendants were her siblings ,Matthew Pair and Melanie Unger. Groom’s attendants were his siblings, Amberly Str... Full story
My oldest daughter, age eight, is beginning to show concerns about what other people think of her. She asks me if a skirt looks nice or if her hair resembles the other girls' in her swimming class. I see her eyes furtively checking out her friends' attires and shoes before getting out of the car, to make sure that she's 'cool'. When I drop her off at practice, she even instructs me not to say good-bye too loudly from the car, in case her friends see that she's waiving to me and her sisters - something that is appropriate for... Full story
Speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison, during the 1960s, coined the phrase "glass teat” for the television set. Since Ellison is still alive and working, I wonder what his take is on cable's limitless channels. Or what would be the opinion of educator and philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who said "The medium is the massage"? At no time was this more lavishly illustrated than last Sunday, with "60 Minutes " juxtaposed against "Orange County Housewives." I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a news show junkie, but "60... Full story
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. The first part ran in the Jan. 25 Clovis News Journal. The forerunner of the comic book was of course comic strips. Comic strips have been around as early as 1896. The first “comic book” was a collection of comic strips by Richard Outcault. He created “Yellow Kid” which ran in the New York American and in March of 1897 and facsimile newspaper strip reprint collection came out. (Yellow Kid gave rise to the term “Yellow journalism” meaning cheap or common.) Commercial an...
Chisum-Morgan Rex and Kim Chisum of Clovis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Whitney Chisum, to Joseph Morgan, both of Albuquerque. He is the son of Jody Morgan and the late Ray Morgan of Lovington. The couple will exchange vows on July 18, 2009. The bride-elect is a graduate of the University of New Mexico. The prospective groom is a graduate of New Mexico State University....
