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link D'Nieka Hartsfield Nieka Style Socks? No, I don’t have many pairs of them. With the exception of my few no-show socks reserved for flats. Then there are my newly stocked above the knee socks to pair with my fall and winter boots. Other than that, you won’t find me wearing them much. It never occurred to me that I don’t own many socks until this one day I went through my drawer looking for a pair to wear with my sneakers to go for a walk. I eventually found one, maybe... Full story
link D'Nieka Hartsfield Nieka Style Socks? No, I don’t have many pairs of them. With the exception of my few no-show socks reserved for flats. Then there are my newly stocked above the knee socks to pair with my fall and winter boots. Other than that, you won’t find me wearing them much. It never occurred to me that I don’t own many socks until this one day I went through my drawer looking for a pair to wear with my sneakers to go for a walk. I eventually found one, maybe...
Clovis police, sheriff, and fire logs: Caller reported: Thursday • 12:10 a.m.: Theft, 1200 block of West Seventh Street. • 12:27 a.m.: Narcotics, 800 block of Mitchell Street. • 2:30 a.m.: Remove subject, 3000 block of Las Palomas Road. • 3:44 a.m.: Battery on a household member, 2100 block of West Grand Avenue. • 3:53 a.m.: Subject down, 13th and Wallace streets. • 7:17 a.m.: Burglary, 1000 block of Ash Street. • 7:59 a.m.: Arson, 400 block of Lockwood Drive. • 8:45 a.m.: Motor vehicle theft, 1700 block of N.M. 288. • 8:5...
These books are available at the: Portales Public Library The Lost Island by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: Scientist and thief Gideon Crew knows that he hasn't long to live, so when his employer gives him a new mission, he jumps at the chance. Gideon is instructed to steal a page from the Book of Kells, a seemingly impossible task, as the book is on display in New York under maximum security. However, Gideon is an expert at stealing, and once he has the page, he realizes that its beautiful illustrations cover something... Full story
These books are available at the: Portales Public Library The Lost Island by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: Scientist and thief Gideon Crew knows that he hasn't long to live, so when his employer gives him a new mission, he jumps at the chance. Gideon is instructed to steal a page from the Book of Kells, a seemingly impossible task, as the book is on display in New York under maximum security. However, Gideon is an expert at stealing, and once he has the page, he realizes that its beautiful illustrations cover something...
link Sheryl Borden Creative Living Information on cooking with Freekeh foods, using rayon from bamboo in sewing and crafts projects, and the benefits of eating fresh and dried figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m Tuesday and noon Thursday, at noon. Bonnie Matthews is the co-founder of Freekeh Foods, and she says parents love Freekeh because it provides children with essential nutrients, and kids love the name and the flavor. She’ll demonstrate several...
link Sheryl Borden Creative Living Information on cooking with Freekeh foods, using rayon from bamboo in sewing and crafts projects, and the benefits of eating fresh and dried figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m Tuesday and noon Thursday, at noon. Bonnie Matthews is the co-founder of Freekeh Foods, and she says parents love Freekeh because it provides children with essential nutrients, and kids love the name and the flavor. She’ll demonstrate several... Full story
Food Storage 101 On Aug. 5, Kelli Morrison presented a class of 20 tips for making your own mixes to save time and money. Morrison taught about making copycat Bisquick mix to use in many recipes. By spending one day of spare time making a large mix, you can save lots of time when you need it later by dumping a mix in with a few added ingredients and you're done. Because you can buy in bulk quantities for ingredients, you can save money as well. Mixes can be stored in air-tight containers on shelves, refrigerators or freezers...
Food Storage 101 On Aug. 5, Kelli Morrison presented a class of 20 tips for making your own mixes to save time and money. Morrison taught about making copycat Bisquick mix to use in many recipes. By spending one day of spare time making a large mix, you can save lots of time when you need it later by dumping a mix in with a few added ingredients and you're done. Because you can buy in bulk quantities for ingredients, you can save money as well. Mixes can be stored in air-tight containers on shelves, refrigerators or freezers...
Some food stamp recipients will once again have to make a personal effort if they want to keep receiving public assistance. That’s because the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is returning to pre-recession requirements for many eligible adults. Able-bodied adults who do not have children will have to either work 20 hours a week, be in a job training program or perform community service in order to qualify for food stamp assistance. Last year, the state restored a job search requirement for adults ages 18 to 50 but co...
Some food stamp recipients will once again have to make a personal effort if they want to keep receiving public assistance. That’s because the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is returning to pre-recession requirements for many eligible adults. Able-bodied adults who do not have children will have to either work 20 hours a week, be in a job training program or perform community service in order to qualify for food stamp assistance. Last year, the state restored a job search requirement for adults ages 18 to 50 but co... Full story
link Wendel Sloan Local columnist After two Americans were flown home for the first Ebola treatment on U.S. soil after catching the virus while working with patients in Liberia, predictable Facebook conspiracy theories emerged. An entertaining sampling: • “Ebola was bioengineered by the U.S. Department of Defense.” • “The anti-Exceptionalist President Barack Obama is bringing infected Americans home so an ‘accidental’ Ebola outbreak can bring the Imperial States of America do... Full story
link Wendel Sloan Local columnist After two Americans were flown home for the first Ebola treatment on U.S. soil after catching the virus while working with patients in Liberia, predictable Facebook conspiracy theories emerged. An entertaining sampling: • “Ebola was bioengineered by the U.S. Department of Defense.” • “The anti-Exceptionalist President Barack Obama is bringing infected Americans home so an ‘accidental’ Ebola outbreak can bring the Imperial States of America do...
link Tom McDonald State columnist In a recent Time magazine article titled “Space Invaders,” senior writer Bryan Walsh reported on how foreign insects, fish and animals are invading the U.S. in alarming numbers. They are upsetting the environmental balance of entire regions and, in several instances, disrupting their economies as well. In the report, several invasive species (brought in by human activity) were identified according to location and the damage they’re doing...
link Tom McDonald State columnist In a recent Time magazine article titled “Space Invaders,” senior writer Bryan Walsh reported on how foreign insects, fish and animals are invading the U.S. in alarming numbers. They are upsetting the environmental balance of entire regions and, in several instances, disrupting their economies as well. In the report, several invasive species (brought in by human activity) were identified according to location and the damage they’re doing...
Staff report Cannon Air Force Base is offering local school teachers tips Monday and Tuesday aimed at providing insight on how to work with children whose parents are deployed. The 27th Special Operations Wing is scheduled to host Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations (TUDO), an event designed to give educators increased comprehension of the effects deployments have on military families, according to a press release from Cannon’s public affairs office. The event at the base is open to members of the Clovis and P...
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Crowds gather at Baxter Park in Melrose to watch the turtle races held Saturday morning. More than 60 turtles were signed up to race. Staff writer [email protected] Family and community are the first things that struck Patricia Murphy about the annual Old Timer Days festivities held Saturday in Melrose. “I had no idea the community was so large and tightly knit.” said Murphy, a resident of Albuquerque, “It’s so great to see people of all...
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Staff report New visitors to the Curry County Fair, the Flying Fools are set to entertain with high dive shows starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Curry County Events Center entertainment slab. With the motto “cowboy boots and hometown roots,” the fair begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday with an open horse show at the Mounted Patrol Arena. A carnival will open at 5 p.m. that day. The fair concludes Saturday night. The Flying Fools, an acrobatic team based in Canada, will do a series of dives, some through hoops of fire, said Curry Cou...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a continuing series of question-and-answer sessions with community leaders. Frank Blackburn is a farmer and rancher, a lifelong resident of Curry County and chairman of the Curry County Commission. Blackburn has served four terms, or 16 years on the commission, from 1991-1998 and again from 2007 until his term ends Dec. 31. What’s the county’s plan for the oft-troubled jail? It seems to me that we need to add on ... a hard unit. The inmates have changed so much since ‘92. I was there w...
On this date ... 1959: Actors and technicians arrived in Tucumcari for six weeks of filming the “Rawhide” television series. Stars included Clint Eastwood and Sheb Wooley. The series aired from 1959 to 1966. 1942: Bob Wills, the King of Western Swing, said he married for the fifth and last time, in Clovis. Wills honeymooned with Betty Anderson at Wills’ farm near Muleshoe, according to “Those Who Made the Music,” by Don McAlavy. 1928: Jimmy Dean, who made sausage and country music, was born in Olton. His biggest hit was “Big,...
link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks The old grain elevator west of Cannon Air Force Base had a storage capacity of 2 million pounds. Editor At 85, it’s sagging and full of holes, abandoned about a mile west of Cannon Air Force Base. The grounds around it are covered in weeds and spent shotgun shells. Pigeons are the only frequent visitors. But the old barn on the old Beasley farm still attracts attention. Thrill-seeking teenagers have used it as a party barn for decades, claiming...
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