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STAFF WRITER [email protected] An increase in rainfall for Roosevelt County may supply mosquitoes with “a perfect breeding ground,” according to Portales Public Works Director John DeSha. Anywhere water stagnates is the ideal location for mosquito breeding, DeSha said. DeSha said the city has neither the equipment or licensing to spray for mosquitoes, but is actively eliminating areas where water stagnation is possible. “We do put out a treatment, a bacteria that will kill the larvae,” DeSha said. “After it...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero PAT driver Lucia Silva, right, talks to passenger Lindsey Chisholm before he exits at his stop Thursday morning at Golden Acres. Silva said PAT drivers drive an average of 75 miles each day. Without the Portales Area Transit (PAT), resident Nahoma Sinclair says she would never leave her home. Sinclair, like many Portales residents, relies on the PAT public transportation service to perform activities like...
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] link Staff photo: Alisa Boswell Meteorologist David “Doppler Dave” Oliver creates a tornado in two soda bottles Thursday morning for children at the Portales Public Library. A room full of Portales children oohed and aahed in delight as Amarillo Meteorologist David “Doppler Dave” Oliver created a tornado right before their eyes with two soda bottles and some blue liquid. Everyone loves summertime, but with the summer comes...
License to kill... • The state is offering up additional license to hunt deer, elk and javelina. More than 1,600 deer hunting licenses, 25 elk licenses and over 1,100 javelina licenses not allocated during the annual drawing for 2015-16 big-game hunting will go on sale at 10 a.m. June 24, only on the Department of Game and Fish website. Free family retreat... • The Cancer Services of New Mexico's Family Cancer Retreat is being held Sept. 11-13 at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North Hotel. This free program provides...
Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade, “Sky High” at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Monday • Games and activities — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Tuesday • Miss New Mexico activity — 3 p.m. ‘Crown the Town’ event throughout Portales. Information: 575-356-5354 or Greg Smith at 505-463-3678. • Miss New Mexico activity — 6 p.m.-9 p.m. meet and greet at the CUB Ballroom at ENMU. • Comic Crafts — 10:30 a.m., for...
link Judy Brandon Columnist It is vacation time and most people have trips planned out of town to see new sights and experience new adventures. When I was 8, our family vacationed in California and visited relatives. We were eager to see our cousins but really more excited about the new attraction in Los Angeles: Disneyland. We struck out early one June morning from New Mexico in our 1956 blue Ford Fairlane en route to California. I was eager to finally experience Disneyland....
Down on the farm link Audra Brown Cattle come in a range of temperaments. The spectrum runs from • “I can see you, therefore I will run over you,” to • “I shall keep my nose in your pocket until I find the feed that I know you have in there.” Either end of the spectrum can be dangerous. I prefer mine somewhere in the middle — wild enough that they properly respond to the stimulus of a human presence by moving away from it; gentle enough that they move away at a...
I would like to share a fish story with you. link Pat Cantwell On my last birthday, my daughter and grandson, Tell, were shopping with me. Tell, 4, was just learning about gift giving. I had told him previously, when choosing a gift for his mom, it should be something that she needed or that she would like. Tell rushed off to the fish department. I immediately burst out to his mom that I did not want a fish. In my defense all I could imagine was the dirty tank. My daughter... Full story
I like seasons, and I’m particularly pleased to live in a place where the seasons are distinctly different. Lest I’m ever accused of being less than politically correct, I hereby affirm that I’m in love with seasonal diversity. link Curtis Shelburne I will say, though, that as much as I like green growing things, I find that grass with snow on top of it is a lot less trouble than the fast-growing stuff. I much prefer skiing to mowing. But it ain’t the season for skis....
STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Jackie Johnson Abi Cameron, a youth helper with the First Baptist Church mega sports camp that ran Monday through Thursday, leads the children in a chant called “Princess Pat” on Thursday morning. Cameron said the purpose of the chant was to get the children pumped up before their volleyball game. The first mega sports camp sponsored by First Baptist Church ended Thursday morning after a four-day event. Sara Keller, dir...
On this date ...link 1975: Clovis had a new street-sweeping machine. Mayor Chick Taylor said the machine could pick up water, oil, bricks, bottles and “just about any kind of debris,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Commissioner Jim Jacobs, joking about the city’s stray animal issues, asked: “Does it pick up cats and dogs?” “Yeah,” the mayor replied. “If you point it in the right direction.” The machine cost taxpayers $50,000. 1965: State Health Department...
To heck with weather — just when folks are pleased as punch that rain has blessed our state, there’s this. Spring rains are fueling plant growth, which means the fire season still to come in late summer and early fall could be devastating. Because after the monsoons depart, leaving behind grasses and underbrush, the lush green can dry out quickly. Once the vegetation dries, New Mexico once again will be at risk for a damaging fire season. The chief risk comes from humans and their careless ways, whether with campfires or...
Everyone changes their mind as they grow. Almost everything I now believe is because along the way someone, somehow, convinced me I was wrong. link Kent McManigal Most of those changes came after a lot of figurative kicking and screaming. I didn’t want to accept I could be wrong, and I liked what I believed. It was comfortable, and matched what many around me seemed to believe. I once held many more “conservative” ideas than I now do. I used to support police and the... Full story
I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in October of 1960 and served on active duty for 20 years, retiring in 1980. My son-in-law retired from the USMC in 2003 and my daughter will officially retire as a master sergeant of Marines on June 30. link Rube Render In discussing our slightly different experiences with Marine Corps boot camp, we all agree that “duty” as explained by our drill instructors was to God, country and corps, in that order. Today’s senior... Full story
STAFF REPORT With only three weeks until showtime, Clovis’ annual 4th of July Smoke on the Water event is still in need of donations to meet its goal. According to a Wednesday press release from the Curry County Chamber of Commerce, the event has raised $13,120 towards its goal of $30,000. The event is looking to raise another $16,880 to meet its goal to fund the 19th annual Smoke on the Water fireworks display at Greene Acres Park. The event features patriotic music, vendors, food, and a fireworks display, all of which... Full story
License to kill... • The state is offering up additional license to hunt deer, elk and javelina. More than 1,600 deer hunting licenses, 25 elk licenses and over 1,100 javelina licenses not allocated during the annual drawing for 2015-16 big-game hunting will go on sale at 10 a.m. June 24, only on the Department of Game and Fish website. Free family retreat... • The Cancer Services of New Mexico's Family Cancer Retreat is being held Sept. 11-13 at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North Hotel. This free program provides...
With 18 years experience in the community, Clovis Police Capt. Douglas Ford will be taking over the Clovis Police Department as the search for a permanent police chief begins. Clovis Police Chief Steve Sanders retires today, and Capt. Ford will take over beginning Saturday as interim chief. Ford has a bachelor’s degree in occupational education in law enforcement and a master’s degree in management with a concentration in criminal justice from Colorado Technical University. In 2011 Ford graduated from the Institute of Law...
Staff report Former Plateau Wireless cell phone customers in Curry and Quay counties have no local AT&T branches where they can pay their bills or get service for their cell phones. Plateau Telecommunications announced May 20 it had finalized the sale of its wireless assets to AT&T. There has been no opening of a temporary or permanent AT&T franchise locally for customers to make payments or bring cell phones in for servicing. Customers can call 1-877-PLATEAU to make a payment over the phone or set up an automatic bill pay,...
Staff report A Clovis woman was arrested Tuesday morning on four charges, three felony and a misdemeanor, accused of taking a child without permission and stealing a vehicle, according to a release from the Clovis Police Department. Carol Ann Russell, 27, is in Curry County jail in lieu of $6,000 bond for custodial interference, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, contributing the to delinquency of a minor and larceny. It was not known if Russell had legal counsel. According to the release: • About 4:13 a.m. Tuesday,...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: In response to a reader’s request, Amos asked we reprint a favorite column. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos on perseverance boss i think i might have mentioned this before but life ain t easy under a church pew the heathen alley cats have declared war on me t...
linkOn this date ... 1975: Clovis had a new street-sweeping machine. Mayor Chick Taylor said the machine could pick up water, oil, bricks, bottles and “just about any kind of debris,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Commissioner Jim Jacobs, joking about the city’s stray animal issues, asked: “Does it pick up cats and dogs?” “Yeah,” the mayor replied. “If you point it in the right direction.” The machine cost taxpayers $50,000. 1965: State Health Department... Full story
I like seasons, and I’m particularly pleased to live in a place where the seasons are distinctly different. Lest I’m ever accused of being less than politically correct, I hereby affirm that I’m in love with seasonal diversity. I will say, though, that as much as I like green growing things, I find that grass with snow on top of it is a lot less trouble than the fast-growing stuff. I much prefer skiing to mowing. But it ain’t the season for skis. They’re shoved...