Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, and Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, have each been appointed as a voting member for three interim state legislative committees. Ingle, whose District 27 includes Portales, Fort Sumner and portions of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea and Roosevelt counties, was appointed to the Legislative Council, the Mortgage Finance Authority Oversight Committee and the Drought Subcommittee. He was appointed as an advisory member for numerous other committees, including the Legislative Finance...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Wednesday Caller reported: - 3:55 p.m.: Male is holding a gun to his daughter's head, 1000 block of North Main Street. - 4:35 p.m.: Criminal damage, 900 block of South Boulder Avenue. - 4:50 p.m.: Possible stolen vehicle requesting an officer, officer called back, Portales area. - 4:54 p.m.: Harassment from a neighbor, Portales area. - 5:02 p.m.: Suspicious activity, 1000 block of South Abilene Avenue. - 5:06 p.m.: Civil matter, 1200 block of NM. - 5:23 p.m.:...
Not long ago I received a telephone call from my college buddy, Guido Zecca, who resides in Gallup. He said, "Hey, Ton, I have something I want you to identify." My comment was, "Send it to me." Guido stated that the creature he mailed causes great fear to Navajo Indians. In fact, they believe the critter is a bad omen, sent by a witch to cast evil on the person it bites. Upon receiving the specimen, I identified it as a Windscorpion. I have observed them several times in Roosevelt and Curry counties. Other names for the...
Editor's note: Joan Clayton's husband, Emmitt, died on Wednesday. She pays tribute with Emmitt's first-person account of his life. "Please take care of my son." I well remember at 4 years old my mother's dying prayer. I guess you could say I grew myself up. Having an alcoholic dad didn't help. Many times an aunt or a neighbor invited me to eat, and did I ever eat. I worked my way through high school doing odd jobs I could find and God always provided. Whenever I felt discouraged I remembered mother's prayer. Because of those...
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Saturday Prehistoric New Mexico Open House — 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Blackwater Draw Site. Activities include flintknapping, cooking, fiber working, sandal making, Atlatl throwing and discussions with archaeologists. Information: 763-3435. Monday Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Zumba — 5:15 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Circuit Training — 5:30...
If I were a parent, I would probably be strict about the television shows and movies that my children would be allowed to watch. Many of today's generation of parents are relaxed with the entertainment guidelines they set for their children. It impacts a small child when they are already watching rated R movies and Jersey Shore-type television at 5 years old. Call me old fashioned, but I grew up on shows such as Any Griffith, Alf and Full House, all of which emphasized good family values and moral lessons to be learned. It...
George Crawford says he expects "children" ages 8 to 80 lining up for atlatl (spear) throwing this weekend at Blackwater Draw just six miles north of Portales. Sure the fun stuff will attract people to Saturday's Prehistoric New Mexico Open House, but Crawford, Eastern New Mexico University's Blackwater Draw Site director and archaeologist, said the open house is held to bring awareness to New Mexico's contribution to the nation's prehistory. ENMU: Courtesy photo Community members gather at the Blackwater Draw site in 2011...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of features about the deaf community. An interpreter was used to speak with Jerradan Jones. Jerradan Jones hasn't let being deaf get in the way of living a normal life. Jones works a full-time job at his father's auto shop, raises his son, and spends time with his friends riding dirt bikes and playing video games. Darynda Jones was first clued into her son's deafness when she dropped some pans when he was sleeping in his crib close by and he didn't wake up. He was a month old. It...
I have heard people say there is no point in being libertarian because there will never be a libertarian society. Or because there will always be bad guys who will take advantage of others. Or because someone will always be setting up some form of government. That seems to be a myopic view of the situation to me. I'm not libertarian because of a belief that the future won't have problems. I am libertarian because I know it is always wrong to initiate force — to throw the first...
