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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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There seems to be a push in our society to eliminate among children the role of competition. Instead of having ribbons for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place my kids usually just bring home participation ribbons. Taking home something to remember the day is wonderful, but a ribbon implies ranking. Children are much smarter then we give them credit for. An adult I know tells the story of his experience being on a T-ball team when he was six. His parents had signed him up, took him to a couple of practices and the first few games, but... Full story
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday reversed part of a man's conviction in the 2010 stabbing death of Andrew Gama, 21, of Clovis. Luciano Guerra of Clovis was convicted in February 2011 of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, accused of stabbing Gama 13 times and hiding the knife. The weapon was never recovered. On appeal, the Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction but overturned the one for tampering with evidence, noting the jury had insufficient evidence to convict. Justices noted "the State in this... Full story
A former Portales police officer accused of having sex with a girl he met as a school resource officer is back in jail. Magistrate Judge Richard Hollis revoked a $100,000 cash or surety (10 percent) bond for Victor Castillo, 45, Thursday after it was learned the former police officer violated terms of bond by leaving the state, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler. Chandler said Hollis changed Castillo's bond to $100,000 cash only. Castillo's attorney Kirk Chavez said his client turned himself in at Curry County... Full story
A former Portales police officer accused of having sex with a girl he met as a school resource officer is back in jail. Magistrate Judge Richard Hollis revoked a $100,000 cash or surety (10 percent) bond for Victor Castillo, 45, Thursday after it was learned the former police officer violated terms of bond by leaving the state, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler. Chandler said Hollis changed Castillo's bond to $100,000 cash only. Castillo's attorney Kirk Chavez said his client turned himself in at Curry County...
I love the Olympics. And I've enjoyed the London Games particularly as the Brits have done, it seems to me, a jolly good job. (I'm glad they're racking up some pretty impressive medal success, too. Give me free games in a free land any day over even the most impressive games hosted by Communist thugs.) I've found myself pondering some of the historical reflections of the Crown's most famous subject, Winston Churchill. In "The Gathering Storm" Churchill writes that, in 1932, Adolf Hitler, that malignant little pustule of a... Full story
Glenda Bly of Farwell submitted this letter to the editor to the Clovis News Journal on expanding Medicaid. The same article she references ran in the PNT. My head has finally stopped spinning long enough to comment on the latest example of the plethora of insanity that starts in Santa Fe and plagues all of New Mexico. I refer to the article in last Wednesday's PNT — "Advocates push to expand Medicaid" — in a state with a quarter of its population already on Medicaid. The story highlights the whining of a woman named Dan...
It's usually nice when you run across something that confirms what you already thought to be true. However, "nice" doesn't really get you anywhere if you care about truth. The best way to find out whether or not something is true is to try as hard as you can to disprove it. Therefore I keep trying to disprove libertarianism to myself. I know that's not how people normally operate (Me? Normal?), but unless you search for flaws in what you believe to be true, you never get any closer to the real truth. So I am continually... Full story
It's usually nice when you run across something that confirms what you already thought to be true. However, "nice" doesn't really get you anywhere if you care about truth. The best way to find out whether or not something is true is to try as hard as you can to disprove it. Therefore I keep trying to disprove libertarianism to myself. I know that's not how people normally operate (Me? Normal?), but unless you search for flaws in what you believe to be true, you never get any closer to the real truth. So I am continually... Full story
Air Force leaders are moving forward with prosecutions and investigations related to sexual abuse and misconduct at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Last month, Air Force prosecutors obtained a guilty verdict for Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker on charges that he had illicit relationships with 10 women in basic training at Lackland. Along with the appointment of Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward to review the command environment at Lackland — home to all Air Force basic enlisted training — as well as at technical training units in 13 sta... Full story
Air Force leaders are moving forward with prosecutions and investigations related to sexual abuse and misconduct at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Last month, Air Force prosecutors obtained a guilty verdict for Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker on charges that he had illicit relationships with 10 women in basic training at Lackland. Along with the appointment of Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward to review the command environment at Lackland — home to all Air Force basic enlisted training — as well as at technical training units in 13 sta... Full story
When NASA's Curiosity rover landed Sunday on Mars, Jim Constantopoulos was at the edge of his seat. Jim Constantopoulos Constantopoulos, a professor of geology at Eastern New Mexico University, had watched several other NASA missions in his youth such as the Apollo missions. But the rover's mission of studying Martian geology made the event more interesting. After all, he had worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center more than 30 years ago doing something similar. In the summer...
Progress was the educational theme Thursday morning during a back-to-school conference held by Portales Municipal Schools. Alisa Boswell: Portales News-Tribune Portales Municipal Schools faculty and board members piled into the Portales High School auditorium Thursday for a back-to-school conference in which state officials were invited to speak on educational progress in New Mexico. Guest speakers for the event, which included Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Texico, Priscilla Fernandez, director of... Full story
Even though she and her husband work full-time jobs, they need extra help with food and clothing with four growing children in the household, said Anita Gallegos. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Anita Gallegos and her four children select bread and pastries from the Bread of Life Ministry's food supply room at the Matt 25 Hope Center. Gallegos has received food and clothing provisions from Bread of Life for a year. Anita Gallegos has picked up food and school clothes with her tw... Full story
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. when bugs go to school you know boss with the new school year about to start i have developed an ever-increasing admiration for our educators and the little bug students they attempt to teach life isn t always easy in a bugtussle classroom boss but both students and teachers alike seem to make t... Full story
Oh … the days of buying schoolsupplies. The stores are overflowingwith school supplies. Notebooks,paper, pencils, glue scissors, rulers,crayons, totes, and backpacks areall stacked several feet high on thestore shelves. A new school year issynonymous with a new teacher,new supplies, new clothes and anew chance to do better. Never did Mother even considerhaving us use the school suppliesfrom the previous year. Big Chieftablets were the thing of the day.We needed the wide r... Full story
Daniel Pfauth saw a Blacktower Cemetery overgrown with weeds and grass and broken headstones as opportunity for himself and his community. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Daniel Pfauth, 13, of Clovis mixes cement at Blacktower Cemetery earlier this month to use to caulk stones to a monument leading into the cemetery. Pfauth's Eagle Scout project is restoring the cemetery. Pfauth have been in scouting since the third grade. Pfauth felt sad for people with relatives buried in the... Full story
Eleven acts are scheduled to perform in Saturday's 31st annual Texaco Country Showdown at the Lyceum Theatre. The winner advances to the state level in the contest. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for kids 9-18, and kids 8 and under are free. Acts scheduled to perform are: - Vyanne Bradley, Clovis - Hiway 84, Melrose - Theta Ainsworth, Levelland, Texas - Shelton Bradfute, Olton, Texas - Stateline, Clovis - Travl'n Tim, Clovis - Will Banister Band, Portales - Sailor Jackson, Farwell - Rachel Smith,... Full story
A Portales woman arrested and jailed for an overdue library book filed suit against the city Thursday in 9th Judicial District Court. The lawsuit filed by Lori Martinez, also known as Lori Teel, asks for unspecified monetary damages and a court injunction to stop the city and Portales Municipal Court from issuing criminal warrants to collect library fines. Martinez's attorney Eric Dixon said that immediately after news accounts of his client's arrest made international headlines, the city dismissed charges against her and... Full story
A Portales woman arrested and jailed for an overdue library book filed suit against the city Thursday in 9th Judicial District Court. The lawsuit filed by Lori Martinez, also known as Lori Teel, asks for unspecified monetary damages and a court injunction to stop the city and Portales Municipal Court from issuing criminal warrants to collect library fines. Martinez's attorney Eric Dixon said that immediately after news accounts of his client's arrest made international headlines, the city dismissed charges against her and...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Wednesday - 12:02 a.m.: Caller suspects a drug house nearby as there is come and go traffic at all hours, 800 block of Sheldon Street. - 5:23 a.m.: Caller advised two horses were on the side of the road, 5200 block of North Norris Street. - 7:54 a.m.: Caller reported a dirt bike stolen sometime during the night, 2000 block of Echols Avenue. - 9:06 a.m.: Caller reported someone laying on a couch not responding and bad odor emanating from the apartment, 500 block of...
Eleven acts are scheduled to perform in Saturday's 31st annual Texaco Country Showdown at the Lyceum Theatre. The winner advances to the state level in the contest. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for kids 9-18, and kids 8 and under are free. Acts scheduled to perform are: - Vyanne Bradley, Clovis, - Hiway 84, Melrose - Theta Ainsworth, Levelland, Texas - Shelton Bradfute, Olton, Texas - Stateline, Clovis - Travl'n Tim, Clovis - Will Banister Band, Portales - Sailor Jackson, Farwell - Rachel Smith,...
I know what all of you are probably thinking at this point: Why does this person obsessively talk about 1950s films? I don't have a lot of free time. Most evenings I get home too late to really want to do anything very productive, so most weekdays, I turn to movies as I read the paper. Along with having two television shows I needed to catch up on, I discovered my other weakness with Netflix. The classic films category. I am not one who cares much for being a "couch potato," but you present me with Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant...
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Wednesday - Noon: Walk-up for fingerprints, 1700 block of North Boston. - 12:30 p.m.: Walk-up for fingerprints, 1700 block of North Boston. - 1 p.m.: Walk-up for fingerprints, 1700 block of North Boston. - 1 p.m.: Walk-up for fingerprints, 1700 block of North Boston. - 2:30 p.m.: Caller reported that her neighbor is dumping trash in her yard, 1400 block of South Avenue C. - 3:43 p.m.: Officer served a warrant, 1700 block of North Boston. - 3:47 p.m.: Caller reported a motor vehicle... Full story
Any deviation from Biblical principles is an open door for disaster. This concept is as old as time itself. It can be traced in history as far back as can be pursued. An undeniable result of transgression is that it never happens in isolation. The fact that "one does as he or she pleases as long as it doesn't hurt someone else" is impossible to achieve. Sin is not an island. This concept applies in every walk of life whether it is in the highest ranking office of the land or in the common working man. The harsh realization... Full story
Portales Police Department Chief Jeff Gill told city officials Wednesday that he will retire Aug. 31, three weeks prior to his original retirement date. Jeff Gill Portales City Manager Tom Howell said the city did not ask him for an earlier retirement. Howell said this was a decision made by the chief, but would not disclose why Gill is retiring earlier than planned. Gill has been with the department for 19 years. He came to Portales in 1993 from a police training academy....
