Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Christmas has its poinsettia, Thanksgiving a cornucopia, St. Patrick's Day its shamrock and Easter is known for lilies. Memorial Day has a simple but bright red poppy as its symbol. I think my first awareness of Memorial Day as a holiday was probably connected to the little Buddy Poppies sold in downtown stores leading up to the federal holiday. I wasn't real sure exactly what the poppy stood for because they were fake flowers and seemed pretty cheap. I figured they were important because all the people in the stores wore...
Marcus Sanchez said he saw a group of students whose futures may entail college, the U.S. armed forces and motherhood as he looked onto the crowd of his fellow Portales High graduates, but most importantly, he saw his friends. Sanchez was one of the seniors to salute his class before they made the grand walk across stage into adulthood. Portales High School graduated more than 140 students Friday night in Eastern New Mexico University's Greyhound Arena. CMI correspondent: Joshua Lucero Zack Green celebrates as he walks on... Full story
PUEBLO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Alesha Jones finished 16th out of 22 runners in Friday's preliminaries of the NCAA Division II national outdoor track women's 800 run, hosted by Colorado State-Pueblo. Jones, from Wilcox, Ariz., posted a time of 2 minutes, 14.55 seconds to finish sixth in the first of three heats in the event. She set the school record in the event during the Lone Star Conference championships earlier this month in Canyon, Texas, with a time of 2:12.08. The top two in each heat plus t...
It's hard to say when exactly it became a money thing. At one time, welcoming an animal into the family was as simple as sharing table scraps, extending the existing resources and making room for one more. But as time went on and society became more commercialized, so keeping pets and products emerged to make their care more convenient. The machine has never slowed; rather it has gained speed and branched in a multitude of directions, with far more than just the basics being... Full story
I've been in the process of getting rid of some things. No, I don't save stuff to the point that the only way through the house is a network of pathways through rooms crammed full of pack-ratted junk. I'm getting rid of things because I don't use them and they take up space. Well, that's what I'm telling myself. The Lady of the House and I may win the lottery, buy an recreational vehicle and take off across America with our menagerie. There's no room for excess stuff in an RV. Or maybe we'll move into the bicycle shop. Space...
The New Mexico Livestock Board received a judge's permission Friday to remove about 1,000 emaciated cattle from a drought-stricken ranch near Fort Sumner. New Mexico Livestock Board officials served a search warrant at the sprawling Double V Ranch on May 17 and found at least 25 dead animals and others at risk of starving to death, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant. The owner of the ranch, Richard Evans, was charged with 25 counts of cruelty to animals Thursday evening. A number listed for Double V Ranch was a...
Sweet-Sumner Mike and Vicki Sumner of Las Lunas announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Michelle Sumner of Corpus Christi, Texas, to Devin Sweet, of Corpus Christi, son of Tim and Pam Sweet of Clovis. The couple will exchange vows June 1, 2013, at Fulford Ranch in Brownfield, Texas, with a reception to follow. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Las Lunas High School and a 2010 graduate of Eastern New Mexico University. She is completing her masters degree and internship in clinical psychology... Full story
Miller Jacob Lee Miller was born May 11, 2013, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis to Richard Miller and Stephanie Warren of Portales He was 10 pounds and 2.1 ounces. He has four brothers, Joshua Warren, Mark Warren, Matthew Warren and Jayson Miller....
The following books are available at the: Clovis-Carver Public Library Private: Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History by Denver Nicks relates how a young man from middle America signed on to serve his country and found himself serving a cause far more sinister in order to fulfill what he saw as a higher purpose. Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina begins as a masked gunman wields an AK-47 in a crowded Glasgow post office, killing an older man who seems to have been complicit...
The past several weeks, I've been exploring in this column programs born out of the Depression and the New Deal that not only gave men and women a sense of pride by having them work for an income, but also enhanced the beauty and in some cases the environment of our country. Everyone has his or her own opinions about how far government should get involved in citizens' life, but there is little doubt that at the time such programs were a godsend. The place where this exploration began was in researching for lessons in journali... Full story
Information on cooking with Freekeh grain and working with Fantasy Film will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. Bonnie Matthews is the co-founder of Freekeh Foods, and she says that Freekeh is the perfect whole grain for vegetarians because it's flavorful and still provides an abundance of nutrients, such as protein and fiber that can be difficult to find as a vegetarian. She's from Minneapolis, Minn. Barbara Trombley is president...
At 90 years old, Mary Clotfelter is still going strong. Clotfelter grew up on a farm in Oklahoma and is the middle of five children. During World War II, she was a baby-sitter for the children of naval officers, many of whom worked at Pearl Harbor. Clotfelter met her husband Cecil while getting her degree in fine arts and library science and moved to Portales in 1969. She later joined a Portales gardening club in 1971 and served as its president for the last seven years of its run. Now that she is retired, Clotfelter likes...
