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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Clovis Police Department would like to remind everyone that schools are back in session as of Friday, August 14, 2009. In the morning hours prior to school and in the afternoon following school letting out, Officers of the Clovis Police Department will be conducting Speed Enforcement Saturation Patrols in the City of Clovis in designated school zones. Officers will be specifically targeting speeders in these school zones. The school zones are clearly marked and most are 15 Miles Per Hour. Please pay attention to your...
You name an animal after a feeling, it’s hard to sell it off no matter the price. You name an animal after what color it is, parting ways becomes a little easier. A pair of veteran sellers experienced the spectrum of animal sales Friday night at the Curry County Junior Livestock sale. The signature event of the Curry County Fair, the sale netted more than $254,000 between the 112 animals featured. Sales chairman Chris Thomas said the total was in line with recent sales. The show started just after 6:45 p.m., as buyers s...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Melrose Future Farmers of America student Lainey Widner guides Chrome, her 226 pound Cross hog, around the display arena Friday at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Curry County Fair. You name an animal after a feeling, it’s hard to sell it off no matter the price. You name an animal after what color it is, parting ways becomes a little easier. A pair of veteran sellers experienced the spectrum of animal sales Friday night at the Curry County Junior Livestock sale. The signature event of t... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis High School students Landyn Snipes, left, and Kyler Brewer-Hill work on selling coupon cards to raise money for the CHS football booster club at the Curry County Fair. The summer’s almost officially gone for almost every school-age kid in the area and that means it’s back-to-work. But it wasn’t all kick-back and do nothing for Clovis and Portales youth this summer. In fact, the onset of autumn for many merely means a switch from one kind of labor to another. Although teens and young...
The summer’s almost officially gone for almost every school-age kid in the area and that means it’s back-to-work. But it wasn’t all kick-back and do nothing for Clovis and Portales youth this summer. In fact, the onset of autumn for many merely means a switch from one kind of labor to another. Although teens and younger certainly got in their downtime, ample hours were also spent raising money for the various clubs and teams to which they belong. “Pretty hard,” answered Kyler Brewer-Hill, a quarterback for the Clovis fo... Full story
Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry counties has scheduled a volunteer workday today to repair recent vandalism to the newest Habitat house. The workday is set for 8 a.m. until midafternoon, with lunch provided about 11:30 a.m., at 309 E. Kaywood Street. Volunteers will continue repairing vandalized appliances and water damage, as well as working on the house’s shed. Before the house’s owner moved in, someone broke in, damaged appliances and left water running, according to Habitat information. The problem was dis...
Freedom New Mexico Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry counties has scheduled a volunteer workday today to repair recent vandalism to the newest Habitat house. The workday is set for 8 a.m. until midafternoon, with lunch provided about 11:30 a.m., at 309 E. Kaywood Street. Volunteers will continue repairing vandalized appliances and water damage, as well as working on the house’s shed. Before the house’s owner moved in, someone broke in, damaged appliances and left water running, according to Habitat information. The... Full story
Fair-goers are being encouraged to use additional parking at the Special Events Center. County Manager Lance Pyle said Friday there is parking available on the east side of the fairgrounds, as well as at the events center, with ticket booths and entrances at both sides of the fairgrounds. People attending concerts at the events center can also use parking there, he said....
Freedom New Mexico Fair-goers are being encouraged to use additional parking at the Special Events Center. County Manager Lance Pyle said Friday there is parking available on the east side of the fairgrounds, as well as at the events center, with ticket booths and entrances at both sides of the fairgrounds. People attending concerts at the events center can also use parking there, he said.... Full story
Freedom New Mexico The Clovis Police Department will be conducting saturation patrols in school zones. According to a press release, officers will be watching for drivers exceeding the 15 m.p.h speed limit in marked zones. The fine for speeding in a school zone or for passing a school bus with its stop sign deployed is $160, the release said.... Full story
The Clovis Police Department will be conducting saturation patrols in school zones. According to a press release, officers will be watching for drivers exceeding the 15 m.p.h speed limit in marked zones. The fine for speeding in a school zone or for passing a school bus with its stop sign deployed is $160, the release said.... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Seven-year-old Hannah Luscombe poses for a photograph for her grandmother Suzanne Estes in front of Barry Elementary School Friday on the first day of school. Some limbs were lost on the first day of school for the Clovis Municipal Schools system. Tree limbs that is. Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm said elm trees behind Marshall Middle School lost some “serious limbs” during a strong storm that blew threw Clovis at the end of the school day. She said administration staff believe they fou...
Some limbs were lost on the first day of school for the Clovis Municipal Schools system. Tree limbs that is. Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm said elm trees behind Marshall Middle School lost some “serious limbs” during a strong storm that blew threw Clovis at the end of the school day. She said administration staff believe they found elm disease in a few of the trees. “It’s always sad to lose a tree, but safety is always first,” Seidenwurm said. Seidenwurm spent her day visiting 14 of the district’s 18 campuses and spoke t...
Kendall Brumfield visits her grandmother Gayla Brumfield in Clovis each summer. This year, she brought along a friend. Taylor Atelian played Ruby on ABC’s “According to Jim” television series for eight years. Brumfield and Atelian met at a dance class in Santa Barbara, Calif. two years ago. Brumfield said Atelian has spent the week with the family and she considers her another grandchild. “She definitely got to see small town America,” Brumfield said. Brumfield said she took Atelian to Sonic, Taco Box, Twin Cronies and the C...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo According to Jim's Taylor Atelian, left, and Kendall Brumfield, both 14, met at a dance class in Santa Barbara, Calif. Kendall Brumfield visits her grandmother Gayla Brumfield in Clovis each summer. This year, she brought along a friend. Taylor Atelian played Ruby on ABC’s “According to Jim” television series for eight years. Brumfield and Atelian met at a dance class in Santa Barbara, Calif. two years ago. Brumfield said Atelian has spent the week with the family and she considers her anoth...
