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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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STAFF REPORT Portales Recreation Center’s annual summer program will be returning in June to provide new adventures for children. Director Jodi Kibbe said this will be her fifth summer with the program, but to her knowledge it has been ongoing for at least 10 years. Kibbe said the program, which is offered to children who are going into first grade through sixth grade, provides a structured environment where they are supervised while they complete a variety of different classes and activities. “We provide numerous dif...
Dianne Parker, 54, used her spring break to attend an episode of “The Price is Right” and came out a winner.link On March 30th, she was chosen as a contestant. She made it all the way to the showcase and won. The episode was aired on May 14th. Between March and May, she was not allowed to talk about her success on the show. Now that the world has seen the episode, she will start receiving her prizes. She won a sailboat, a car and a diamond necklace among other goodies. Par...
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STAFF REPORT Opening arguments begin today in the murder trial of a Belen man accused in a 2009 death of Marco Bonilla of Portales. Marvin Silva, 40, is accused of first degree murder by bludgeoning 25-year-old Bonilla during a street brawl Nov. 23, 2009. At the time of the incident, Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry said Lucio Ramirez, 22, of Portales was charged with hitting Silva in the head with a hammer. Ramirez was charged with aggravated battery in 2009, according to Portales News-Tribune reports. The charge wa... Full story
Headed home ... • Roosevelt County commissioners can breathe a little easier. They’re headed back home. They’re meeting 9 a.m. today in the all-new, mold-free county courthouse. They have been meeting at the Portales schools administration building for several months while crews cleaned out the mold and renovated the old digs on the square. No records ... • Clovis police spokesman Lt. Roman Romero says the department’s records section will be closed beginning Thursday for renovations and won’t open again for business un...
Editor's note: This is one in a series about businesses that have opened in Portales in the last year. link Staff photo: Jackie Johnson Rosie Jimenez, owner of Rosie’s Haircuts, cleans the counter in her shop on Monday afternoon. Jimenez said she likes being a business owner because she can set her own price rates and she is able to be in her shop as much as she wants. Rosie Jimenez, owner of Rosie's Haircuts, said she never thought she would be a business owner. "I've always... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] The Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee unanimously voted Monday to allow a local Eagle Scout to move forward on a project to construct informational signs at Goodwin Lake Trails. Scout Luke Landry said the signs would provide park beautification and a way for people to learn about the history of Clovis. Four signs constructed at each quarter mile would provide a brief historical description of an event or place in Clovis, and another sign would cover animal species and the playa...
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Today • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m., story time for children ages birth to 3, Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • After school at the library — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. Programming for kindergarten through sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940. • Roosevelt County Commission meeting — 9 a.m. in the Roosevelt County Courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307. • Roosevelt County Chamber board meeting — 11:30 a.m. at Yam Theatre. Information: 575-356-8541. Wednesday • Preschool story time — 10:30 a.m....
As a college student, I stumbled into a class called “Techniques of Interview.” link Sandy Fields At the time I was majoring in radio and television communications, and I presumed the class would teach me about putting a microphone in someone’s face and asking critical questions. I was wrong. Much to my surprise, on the first day of class we were to learn all about interviewing for and landing a job. It was the early 1980s, and access to a computer with a printer was new a...
The following is the schedule for graduations for Roosevelt County schools: • Portales Junior High: 5:30 p.m. Today at the ENMU Greyhound Arena. • Portales High School: 7 p.m. May 22 at the ENMU Greyhound Arena. • Floyd High School: 1 p.m. May 23, in the Floyd schools old gym. • Dora High School: 3 p.m. May 24, at Dora schools new gym....
On this date ... 1975: Funeral services were being planned for Horace Large, 77, of Clovis who drowned in Ute Lake.link Officials said a boat carrying three men capsized in strong winds on May 17. Sgt. H.C. Dixon of Cannon Air Force Base and Horace Sutton of Clovis managed to reach shore safely. Large’s body was recovered on May 18. 1955: Melrose was recovering from a tornado that struck about noon the day before, scattering debris from a broomcorn storage warehouse over t... Full story
Staff report An online account has been set up on behalf of the surviving family members of a staff sergeant serving at Cannon Air Force Base who was killed last week in a training exercise. Jordan Lewis, 30, is survived by his wife and two children, a 6-year-old and a 7-week-old. The fund will primarily be used for the children's activities, including dance lessons, summer camps and youth sports. The fund, as of Sunday, had raised $12,500. It is online at http://www.gofundme.com/uj2j7g... Full story
Headed home ... • Roosevelt County commissioners can breathe a little easier. They’re headed back home. They’re meeting 9 a.m. today in the all-new, mold-free county courthouse. They have been meeting at the Portales schools administration building for several months while crews cleaned out the mold and renovated the old digs on the square. No records ... • Clovis police spokesman Lt. Roman Romero says the department’s records section will be closed beginning Thursday for renovations and won’t open again for business un...
Staff Writer [email protected] While recent headlines warn readers of rising gas prices and suggest last minute travel destinations for Memorial Day weekend, local veterans organizations are inviting the community to honor fallen military heroes on the upcoming federal holiday. Volunteers with the Clovis/Curry County Joint Veterans Council will place flags on more than 2,000 veterans graves at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery and Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery Sunday in Clovis. Members of the local veteran...
Local columnist With the changing of the season I’ve taken to eating my lunch at Hillcrest Park. While the trees are beautiful and the animal sounds echoing out of the zoo provide a nice ambience to the routine, what I am really after is the sun. It seems like the whole community has really blossomed since it warmed up. I can see it in the smiling people I pass in the local garden nursery, the plants that are blooming that I had no idea existed here, and the little creatures emerging from their winter hiding spots to g...
Staff report A Clovis firefighter is accused of stealing items from a vehicle at a crash he was called to, according to Sheriff Wesley Waller. Lt. Christopher Elam, 32, was charged Friday with misdemeanor larceny, Waller said in a press release issued late Monday. Elam is accused of stealing a bottle containing an alcoholic beverage, a bottle of a non-alcoholic beverage and a bottle of seasoning from a vehicle in a crash May 1 on U.S. 60/84 west of Melrose. “The crash involved two vehicles and took over one hour to e... Full story
Staff report An online account has been set up on behalf of the surviving family members of a staff sergeant serving at Cannon Air Force Base who was killed last week in a training exercise. Jordan Lewis, 30, is survived by his wife and two children, a 6-year-old and a 7-week-old. The fund will primarily be used for the children's activities, including dance lessons, summer camps and youth sports. The fund, as of Sunday, had raised $12,500. It is online at http://www.gofundme.com/uj2j7g... Full story
Deputy Editor [email protected] Almost three months ago, some $14 million generated by a Curry County bond issue was sitting in a bank account not drawing interest. County officials now say they have shifted the bulk of that cash to investment funds to earn a better interest rate while they decide what to do with the money. Officials moved $10 million of the cash from the Bank of Clovis to Fidelity Investments on April 7 because the county could get a better interest rate, Curry County Treasurer Debbie Spriggs said...
Local columnist As a college student, I stumbled into a class called “Techniques of Interview.” At the time I was majoring in radio and television communications, and I presumed the class would teach me about putting a microphone in someone’s face and asking critical questions. I was wrong. Much to my surprise, on the first day of class we were to learn all about interviewing for and landing a job. It was the early 1980s, and access to a computer with a printer was new and novel. We students thought a computer printout resume...
Military Update Both the Senate and House armed services committees have rejected two TRICARE reform plans, one from the Obama administration to raise fees and consolidate the triple-option health benefit, and a second from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission to replace TRICARE entirely with a menu of civilian health insurance options. Both ideas went too far to win support in Congress this year. Indeed only the Senate panel is willing to back even another round of pharmacy co-pay increases for...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 1:42 a.m.: Parole violation, Eighth and Reid streets. • 7:43 a.m.: Burglary in progress, 1300 block of North Lea Street. • 8:02 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident blocking roadway, Acoma and Tierra Blanca streets. • 8:10 a.m.: Vehicle theft report, 300 block of Aspen Street. • 9:19 a.m.: Remote financial services act violation, 400 block of Adkins Court. • 10:13 a.m.: Driving under the influence, 200 blo...
May 19 On this date ... 1975: Funeral services were being planned for Horace Large, 77, of Clovis who drowned in Ute Lake. Officials said a boat carrying three men capsized in strong winds on May 17. Sgt. H.C. Dixon of Cannon Air Force Base and Horace Sutton of Clovis managed to reach shore safely. Large’s body was recovered on May 18. 1955: Melrose was recovering from a tornado that struck about noon the day before, scattering debris from a broomcorn storage warehouse over two miles. Witnesses in Growdon’s Cafe, about 50... Full story
Today Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon 321 Connelly, Clovis City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828 AARP Driver Safety Class — 8 a.m. - noon age 55 and above $15 member of AARP $20 Non Member Payable by check only Information/register: Carolyn Taber 575-742-2384 Wednesday How to Setup or Revise your Recordkeeping System — 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E Grand Ave. Information: Dianna Thompson 575-769-4136 Animal Control Task Force — 5:30 p.m. Assembly Room, Clovis City Hall, 321 N....
