Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Custom Classic entered its 28th year in Clovis this weekend, drawing players, teams and themes from A to Z. A stands for “Amistad Pavilion, with picnic tables and shade. Tournament director Roger Jackson said it translates to “Friends Pavillion,” and the group that donated the supplies and labor to build it asked for that name. Brackets, posted throughout the complex, list all 118 teams in five divisions of double-elimination play. They’re updated by staff and updated online throughout the tournament. Cadillac is somethi... Full story
Clovis resident David Dawson has lived in Clovis for 38 years. He spends his time doing many things including being a singer, songwriter, producer, motivator and pastor. If you know Dawson, you’re wondering why he didn’t list coach. He said he’s not a coach, he’s a motivator. “Coaches have to understand the player is the one playing the game,” he said. Dawson and his wife both worked with Play Inc. for many years before it’s downfall and continued with youth sports programs after. Dawson has been singing since he was 4-year... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson First baseman Cody Hosler of Amarillo-based F2D slaps a single to center in a Saturday night game at the Custom Classic. The Custom Classic entered its 28th year in Clovis this weekend, drawing players, teams and themes from A to Z. A stands for “Amistad Pavilion, with picnic tables and shade. Tournament director Roger Jackson said it translates to “Friends Pavillion,” and the group that donated the supplies and labor to build it asked for that name. Brackets, posted throughout the compl... Full story
I probably haven’t bought so much as a firecracker since I was 15. So it was a little unsettling at first to order more than $10,000 worth of fireworks in my new job as Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce executive director. I love big public fireworks displays. I just never saw the sense in risking my fingers for something less than the ultimate set off in the backyard. This year, after so many bad fires, I don’t see the sense in risking someone’s property or life for the sake of a private display. With more than $10,0...
Last Sunday was an awfully strange day. It started for me at 10 a.m. with the phone waking me up. My editor called and asked me if I had electricity. With my eyes still hazy and without my wits about me, I replied, “Um ... I don’t know.” Turns out I didn’t. I threw on my boots and jeans and drove to the office to grab my camera, hoping to get to the source of the outage. I was headed to Forrest to take pictures. Or was I? I pulled into the Circle K on the south side of Tucumcari to get some gas. Alas, gas stations are pow... Full story
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 8 p.m. June 18 an officer responded to a residence in the 900 block of Ash Street for a report of a battery. When the officer arrived he noted a broken beer bottle in the driveway with blood all over the ground nearby. He found a man sitting in the back yard of the residence and observed that the man appeared to be intoxicated and had a large knot on his forehead. The man... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Attendees at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9515 “Hail and Farewell” event Friday listen to a speaker. Once a month since January, the local VFW post has been recognizing Cannon Air Force Base 27th Special Operations Support Squadron personnel who are deploying or have returned from deployment. The Portales Veterans of Foreign Wars post is honoring deploying and returning airmen with a monthly ceremony. VFW Post 9515 is the only one in the state to hold “Hail and Farewell” cel... Full story
Monthly unemployment numbers in Curry and Roosevelt counties dipped to rates that haven’t been seen in two years and officials are crediting expanding industries as the reason. The most current data available from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions shows in April, Curry County’s unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent and Roosevelt County’s to 4.3 percent. Those figures are a sharp contrast to January, when unemployment was 1.6 percent higher in Curry and 2.1 perce...
It’s 6 1/2 hours from Sierraville to Modesto and the packing house. Karl had put together a load of cull cows. Whilst unloading, a bony gummer mama cow who looked like a ragged shag carpet hangin’ over a sawhorse, balked, backed up, and fell between the chute and the truck! Karl leaped after the critter shouting profanities! Ever Ready, as we’ll call the cow, turned, charged and put him under the trailer. Evaluating his predicament, Karl dialed the nearby sale barn requesting assistance and to bring a rifle. Ever Ready wheele...
Samplings of recent calls to Portales law enforcement, according to police records: June 19 • About 9:45 a.m., an officer was dispatched to the 100 block of North Globe Avenue in reference to a delayed burglary report. A 26-year-old woman said she spent the previous night at a friend’s house and took her mother’s vehicle there. She said her mother lived near her house and noticed her vehicle wasn’t in her driveway in the morning. The mother called her daughter’s 27-year-old ex-boyfriend and told him to return the veh...
The Portales Veterans of Foreign Wars post is honoring deploying and returning airmen with a monthly ceremony. VFW Post 9515 is the only one in the state to hold “Hail and Farewell” celebrations, although it’s a nationally supported program, said Ladies Auxiliary President Debbie Welch. The VFW and its Ladies Auxiliary come together to put on Hail and Farewell, which involves a ceremony, food and social time. Post Commander Charles W. Eaton II, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, said he’d like to see the events... Full story
Due to extremely dry conditions in our area, we are asking everyone in Portales to be extra careful this Fourth of July by acting responsible and increasing your awareness while using fireworks. The State of New Mexico has imposed fireworks restrictions which prohibit all fireworks in all non-municipal wild land areas within the county. Aerial fireworks are also prohibited in the city, except those that produce a shower of sparks. Here are a few tips on having a safe and fun July 4th: • Observe all fireworks laws....
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Rob Sanders played high school golf and football at Portales High, and later graduated from Eastern New Mexico University. He was recently hired as the teaching pro at Colonial Golf Course. Rob Sanders learned the game of golf at Portales Country Club. An Eastern New Mexico University graduate, Sanders, 49, has worked at several golf courses and golf schools over the years, including a school he started in Dallas in 1993. He returned to the Portales in 2010 and just recently was named the... Full story
Rob Sanders learned the game of golf at Portales Country Club. An Eastern New Mexico University graduate, Sanders, 49, has worked at several golf courses and golf schools over the years, including a school he started in Dallas in 1993. He returned to the Portales in 2010 and just recently was named the teaching professional at Colonial Golf Course.... Full story
Recently, I spent several days camping with friends in south Texas’ Davey Crockett National Forest. I expected a Thoreau- or Darwin-like experience — perhaps inspiring me to write Whitman-ish poetry about gentile breezes brushing dancing sunlight on the peek-a-boo canopy of nature’s humid canvas. Maybe a missing link would waddle by — requiring new holy and scientific books to clash over evolution and creationism. Surely, I’d at least see a giant armadillo (no biggie since I can outrun my Texas friends). Soon,...
United Dairy Women’s Dairyfest attracted thousands of people Saturday after taking a year off in 2010. Michelle Heavyside, founder and director of United Dairy Women, said the group wasn’t able to book a date for the event last year at the Curry County Events Center. “Right now, we need to book a date for Dairyfest for next year. That’s how much business the events center is getting,” she said. Heavyside said the venue is perfect because it’s indoors, air conditioned and large enough to hold the people who attended. T...
Tres Amigas is pushing paperwork at the moment. The company is hoping to push materials by August, and push power across the nation two to three years later. Clovis Industrial Development Corporation Executive Director Chase Gentry figures it will be mid-2012 before any significant economic impact comes from the project, which will connect the nation’s three power grids in 22.5 square miles east of Clovis. But David Stidham, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Tres Amigas, is hoping the project is s...
Monthly unemployment numbers in Curry and Roosevelt counties dipped to rates that haven’t been seen in two years and officials are crediting expanding industries as the reason. The most current data available from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions shows in April, Curry County’s unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent and Roosevelt County’s to 4.3 percent. Those figures are a sharp contrast to January, when unemployment was 1.6 percent higher in Curry and 2.1 perce...
It’s a start. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. He promised, “(We) will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge” of troop levels he began in 2009. About 67,000 troops then would remain in Afghanistan. The reason was that the surge accomplished its mission “to refocus on al-Qaida, to reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country.” He promised even more t...
Absentee ballots available for Aug. 2 election Tuesday is the first day voters can request an absentee ballot for the Aug. 2 city election on the affordable housing plan. It was approved by the city commission May 5 in a 6-1 vote, but forced into a referendum election through petitions filed by the High Plains Patriots citizen group. If approved, the plan would amend the city’s adherence to the state’s anti-donation clause to allow for affordable housing projects. The clause does not allow a municipality to directly or ind... Full story
Tres Amigas is pushing paperwork at the moment. The company is hoping to push materials by August, and push power across the nation two to three years later. Clovis Industrial Development Corporation Executive Director Chase Gentry figures it will be mid-2012 before any significant economic impact comes from the project, which will connect the nation’s three power grids in 22.5 square miles east of Clovis. But David Stidham, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Tres Amigas, is hoping the project is s...
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Heather Steinle preps ice cream cups for the root beer float stand during Dairyfest Saturday at the Curry County Fairgrounds. The event featured free dairy products and demonstrations from the industry. United Dairy Women’s Dairyfest attracted thousands of people Saturday after taking a year off in 2010. Michelle Heavyside, founder and director of United Dairy Women, said the group wasn’t able to book a date for the event last year at the Curry County Events Center. “Right now, we need to book... Full story
Last Sunday was an awfully strange day. It started for me at 10 a.m. with the phone waking me up. My editor called and asked me if I had electricity. With my eyes still hazy and without my wits about me, I replied, “Um ... I don’t know.” Turns out I didn’t. I threw on my boots and jeans and drove to the office to grab my camera, hoping to get to the source of the outage. I was headed to Forrest to take pictures. Or was I? I pulled into the Circle K on the south side of Tucumcari to get some gas. Alas, gas stations are pow... Full story
It’s a start. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. He promised, “(We) will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge” of troop levels he began in 2009. About 67,000 troops then would remain in Afghanistan. The reason was that the surge accomplished its mission “to refocus on al-Qaida, to reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country.” He promised even more t...
Six-worders arrived on the scene a few years back. The six-worder brevity grasps a life story or current condition or philosophy. Column readers were invited to offer their own, did so with creativity, and the invitation is repeated. Here is a current crop of mine: She is a Tea Party heroine, a former Minnesota lawmaker and current congresswoman, has a Christian counseling practice with her husband, is seeking the GOP nomination for the presidency of these United States. She is Michele Bachmann: Just like Sarah Palin, only... Full story
