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La Casa Senior Center 1120 Cameo St., Clovis Sunday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Dance at La Casa Senior Center Monday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities, quilting and sewing; 1 p.m. Bingo at Los Abuelitos Portales Tuesday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities, quilting and sewing; 10:30 a.m., indoor exercise,1 p.m., Bingo and refreshments. Wednesday: 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m., free blood pressure and blood sugar checks, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities, quilting and sewing; 10:30 a.m., indoor exercise; 1 p.m., Bingo and refreshments. Thursday: 9 a.m.-4...
Area residents tell us why they volunteer: David Bell, 51, of Clovis, volunteers at the Lighthouse Mission in Clovis: "I was in the drug and alcohol program here at one time. Now that I'm back on my feet and everything, I thought I could help out the next group of guys. Just give something back. I like helping, feeling like I'm doing something worthwhile with idle time. I help unload donations, organize things and do whatever needs to be done." Tiffany Bruhn, 19, of Tucumcari volunteers at the Lighthouse Mission in Clovis: "I...
Information on various crafts and making long and low centerpieces will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and noon on Thursday. (All times are Mountain.) Jann Johnson is a designer and crafter from New York city, and she will show how to make some special occasion crafts, including a Victorian frame, a seashell frame and some girls' wrist bouquets. She represents Elmer's products. Casey Schwartz is a floral designer, and she's going to demonstrate how to create a long and low centerpiece which...
Information on various crafts and making long and low centerpieces will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and noon on Thursday. (All times are Mountain.) Jann Johnson is a designer and crafter from New York city, and she will show how to make some special occasion crafts, including a Victorian frame, a seashell frame and some girls' wrist bouquets. She represents Elmer's products. Casey Schwartz is a floral designer, and she's going to demonstrate how to create a long and low centerpiece which...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast — Egg and cheese biscuit. Lunch — Soft beef taco, salsa, seasoned pinto beans, shredded lettuce, seasonal fruit Tuesday: Breakfast —French toast. Lunch — Cheeseburger on a bun, tater tots, mini carrots w/dip, cookie Wednesday: Breakfast — Egg and cheese biscuit. Lunch — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, ranch salad, whole wheat roll Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast bean burrito. Lunch — Bean tostada, salsa, Spanish rice, Southwest salad, orange fig square Friday:...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast — Egg and cheese biscuit. Lunch — Soft beef taco, salsa, seasoned pinto beans, shredded lettuce, seasonal fruit Tuesday: Breakfast —French toast. Lunch — Cheeseburger on a bun, tater tots, mini carrots w/dip, cookie Wednesday: Breakfast — Egg and cheese biscuit. Lunch — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, ranch salad, whole wheat roll Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast bean burrito. Lunch — Bean tostada, salsa, Spanish rice, Southwest salad, orange fig square Friday:...
Area road construction information for this week: City of Clovis Beginning Tuesday, Lujan Communications will begin fiber optic excavation at 21st and Norris streets, moving north on Norris Street over a 30-day period. K. Barnett and Sons is continuing construction on Llano Estacado Boulevard, east of Prince Street and south of Norris Street between Lowe's Home Improvement and the roundabout. Seek an alternate route if possible. Curry County Currently closed for the remainder of construction is Curry Road 7 from Curry Road R...
Miller moths bring back strange memories. Consider the time when Jeff Korman, the football player who lived down the hall from us in my college freshman year, was eating moths to entertain my roommate and me. I do not know why he was eating moths. I did not care why he was eating moths. I just wanted him to get out of our room and leave us alone, so I could finish my homework. Unfortunately, my roommate found his antics amusing. The miller moth barrage that we are currently experiencing does, however, bring back other,...
Miller moths bring back strange memories. Consider the time when Jeff Korman, the football player who lived down the hall from us in my college freshman year, was eating moths to entertain my roommate and me. I do not know why he was eating moths. I did not care why he was eating moths. I just wanted him to get out of our room and leave us alone, so I could finish my homework. Unfortunately, my roommate found his antics amusing. The miller moth barrage that we are currently experiencing does, however, bring back other,...
I stirred slowly from sleep when I felt her soft velvet touch on my shoulder. With the sheet thrown back to my knees because of the hot night, my mind followed her willowy touch as she traced a delicate line down my back toward my buttocks. As she reached my waist I was suddenly wide-awake. Aaauugggghhh, what the heck — a Miller moth. The Miller migration is on and it's a good one this year. When I was growing up we called them cannel (sp) bugs. I don't have a clue why, I can't find another reference to them by that name....
I stirred slowly from sleep when I felt her soft velvet touch on my shoulder. With the sheet thrown back to my knees because of the hot night, my mind followed her willowy touch as she traced a delicate line down my back toward my buttocks. As she reached my waist I was suddenly wide-awake. Aaauugggghhh, what the heck — a Miller moth. The Miller migration is on and it's a good one this year. When I was growing up we called them cannel (sp) bugs. I don't have a clue why, I can't find another reference to them by that name....
Maj. Rob Chambers is used to flying. After all, he's been a pilot for 15 years and flies Dornier-328 aircraft with the 551st Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base. CNJ photo: Gabriel Monte Rilee Caudel, 6, of Clovis helps get a friend's kite airborne Saturday at the ninth annual Kite Karnival at Doc Stewart Park. And while his 6-year-old son, Elijah Chambers, doesn't have as much experience flying aircraft, he didn't have any trouble performing aerial...
Maj. Rob Chambers is used to flying. After all, he's been a pilot for 15 years and flies Dornier-328 aircraft with the 551st Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base. CNJ photo: Gabriel Monte Rilee Caudel, 6, of Clovis helps get a friend's kite airborne Saturday at the ninth annual Kite Karnival at Doc Stewart Park. And while his 6-year-old son, Elijah Chambers, doesn't have as much experience flying aircraft, he didn't have any trouble performing aerial...
Editor's Note: This graduation profile is the first of a continuing series on area high school and college graduates. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Eastern New Mexico University graduating senior Irving Avalos in front of the College of Business, a domain he's ruled academically and socially. Age isn't the only thing that differentiates Irving Avalos from his graduating class. His mentors and peers describe him a model student and a great person. The 20-year-old from Tatum is graduating in May from Eastern New Mex...
In light of events that took place over the past year, the Portales City Council felt it would be beneficial to the department and reassuring to the community to have an external evaluator take a look at the Portales Police Department's procedures and policies. The review team we selected was recommended by the New Mexico Municipal League and has extensive experience in law enforcement. The overall outcome was very positive. The evaluation team did make recommendations on a couple of areas they felt either needed better...
Sometimes I bet you sit around thinking, gee, I wonder what it will be like when the New Mexico 2112 Bicentennial Committee meets to plan the celebration of our 200 years of statehood? I know I wonder that. I wonder that a lot. Because I am really, really bored. Here's an advance report. Bicentennial Committee leaders from all walks of life gathered in Upham, designated the state capital when all that Santa Fe adobe just got old and tired and crushed to the ground after 150 years of absorbing pompous, nonsensical political rh...
Sometimes I bet you sit around thinking, gee, I wonder what it will be like when the New Mexico 2112 Bicentennial Committee meets to plan the celebration of our 200 years of statehood? I know I wonder that. I wonder that a lot. Because I am really, really bored. Here's an advance report. Bicentennial Committee leaders from all walks of life gathered in Upham, designated the state capital when all that Santa Fe adobe just got old and tired and crushed to the ground after 150 years of absorbing pompous, nonsensical political rh...
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." — Civil rights champion Frederick Douglass Coaches bring strategy, focus and inspiration to the game. It's hard to imagine a team succeeding without a good coach who can produce a gameplan, identify areas of vulnerability and then fortify them. So a recent effort to add more coaches to New Mexico's public school system is welcome — especially since Gov. Susana Martinez is pushing for more reading coaches in elementary schools. "Learning to read is the key to success,...
During my biennial spring cleaning, I unearthed concert ticket stubs carbon-dated to the 70s. Although I was there, I don't remember some. Others are indelible. At Eric Clapton's 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, I saw Clapton, Santana, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, James Taylor, Pat Metheny, Bo Diddley, ZZ Top, Booker T & the MGs, Robert Cray, B.B. King and many others. My most lasting memory, besides women in bikinis, was the vintage guitar exhibit featuring Clapton's "Layla," Harrison's "While My...
During my biennial spring cleaning, I unearthed concert ticket stubs carbon-dated to the 70s. Although I was there, I don't remember some. Others are indelible. At Eric Clapton's 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, I saw Clapton, Santana, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, James Taylor, Pat Metheny, Bo Diddley, ZZ Top, Booker T & the MGs, Robert Cray, B.B. King and many others. My most lasting memory, besides women in bikinis, was the vintage guitar exhibit featuring Clapton's "Layla," Harrison's "While My...
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." — Civil rights champion Frederick Douglass Coaches bring strategy, focus and inspiration to the game. It's hard to imagine a team succeeding without a good coach who can produce a gameplan, identify areas of vulnerability and then fortify them. So a recent effort to add more coaches to New Mexico's public school system is welcome — especially since Gov. Susana Martinez is pushing for more reading coaches in elementary schools. "Learning to read is the key to success,...
The following items are on the agenda for the Portales City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at city hall: A resolution approving participation in programs of the Eastern Plains Council of Governments Items from the Planning Department including the final plat of Raven Wood Subdivision, Unit 2, and the contract for repair/replacement of the Memorial Building, Recreation Center, and Municipal Court. Consultant's final report on Police Department procedures....
The Portales Police Department review report can be viewed here A 14-page report critical of the Portales Police Department and Chief Jeff Gill in particular portrays a culture rife with officer intimidation, lack of communication and sloppy handling of evidence. Alisa Boswell: Portales News-Tribune Sgt. Kirk Wilson reviews outdated evidence in evidence room on Friday afternoon. The room contains shelves of outdated evidence currently being disposed of by Wilson. The report by FKR Consulting of Rio Rancho is an audit ordered...
Golf might be the more common recreational activity for those getting a little older, but don't count out calf roping just yet. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Calf roper Wayne Dabbs ropes his calf Saturday with a time of 10.61 at the 8th annual Joe's Boot Shop calf roping competition at the Curry County Events Center. In fact, if you're someone like former world champ Dave Brock, it's natural to keep competing — even if it's some 33 years after you were on top. And it's no p...
Samplings of Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Thursday 11:36 a.m., Caller reported a van parked for a while with no movement, 2600 block of South Roosevelt Road 6. 12:00 p.m., Caller reported a motor vehicle accident, 1000 block of West First Street. 12:07 p.m., Caller reported being bit by a cat, 200 block of South Globe. 12:26 p.m., Caller requested a welfare check on person at home, 1000 block of South Boulder. 12:48 p.m., Caller requested an ambulance for an ill male, 100 block of South Indio. 1:25 p.m.,...