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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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We remember: Eastern New Mexico-area residents have at least two ways to remember victims and heroes from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In Portales, a ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:30 this morning at James Polk Stone Community Bank. Guest speaker at this annual gathering will be Maj. Robert Clay from Cannon Air Force Base. A news release provided by Stone said the 30-minute ceremony will take place near the flagpole outside the bank at the corner of First Street and Abilene Avenue in downtown Portales....
On this date ... 1990: Clovis school board members, in an effort to have at least one district with strong minority representation, approved five single-member districts. Board members also discussed the possibility of a tobacco-free school policy, according to a Clovis News Journal report by staff writer Gary Mitchell. link1975: Eastern New Mexico University’s quarterback had a unique way to relax before games. He played pinball. “A teammate and myself went to the same lau...
They say it’s “who you know” and that’s the truth. It’s also where you know them. Friends are one of the most irreplaceable resources in life. Friends who live in the town three miles from where you just broke down are really hard to replace. This story starts with a car that lived in the dead center of Fort Worth. Find a map, look just below and between the words “Fort” and “Worth.” You’ll see two lane-happy interstates that intersect in a mess that looks like it’d take more... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Norman Petty’s name will always be synonymous with rock legend Buddy Holly and the No. 1 hits that came out of his Petty’s Seventh Street studio in Clovis: Holly’s “That’ll be the Day,” Buddy Knox’s “Party Doll,” and “Sugar Shack,” by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs. Clovis celebrates Petty and the Clovis Sound he created in the 1950s with the annual Clovis Music Festival, which kicks off a two-day run today. The musical history books are loaded with stories about the relationship between... Full story
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link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Office Manager Helen Casaus places a sponsor banner Thursday afternoon at the Curry County Events Center for today’s Clovis Music Festival. The festival opens today with feature performer Michael Salgado. Staff writer [email protected] Norman Petty’s name will always be synonymous with rock legend Buddy Holly and the No. 1 hits that came out of his Petty’s Seventh Street studio in Clovis: Holly’s “That... Full story
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Staff report Eastern New Mexico University has once again broken its fall enrollment record for the 19th consecutive year, according to a university press release sent Tuesday. The university’s fall enrollment consists of 4,574 undergraduates and 1,372 graduate students. The fall 2014 enrollment included 4,600 undergraduates and 1,287 graduate students, according to Portales News-Tribune records. The total fall enrollment also increased one percent from last year, rising from 5,887 to 5,946 students. ENMU President Steven G...
Staff writer [email protected] Corissa Breeden of Clovis was in her high school biology class in Beaufort, South Carolina, when she first heard about terror attacks on U.S. soil, 14 years ago today. The information came from a television in her classroom. “My high school principal was telling the teachers not to show it, but my favorite teacher, Connie Sears, put it on anyway,” Breeden, now 30 and a student at Eastern New Mexico University, remembers. “She did not want us to be sheltered from something that was life...
link Staff Photo: Crystal Mondragon Amy Armenta shows off a quilt put together by 31 quilters. Staff report About 65 pieces of art, in addition to 90 quilts, will be on display today and Saturday at the Clovis Civic Center. Organizers said vendors from as far away as San Angelo, Texas, and Lovington are participating. Admission is $5. A silent auction will benefit a scholarship fund at either Clovis Community College or Eastern New Mexico University, said Amy Armenta, who is...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 6:43 a.m.: Fail to yield from private drive, 2200 block of Dillon Street. • 8:04 a.m.: Battery. • 9:10 a.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 500 block of East Llano Estacado Boulevard. • 10:05 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 1600 block of North Prince Street. • 12:32 p.m.: Death, unattended. • 1:33 p.m.: Fraud, 500 block of Dawn Loop. • 3:52 p.m.: Assault. • 6:53 p.m.: Criminal damage, 1400 block of Ross St... Full story
Today James P. Stone Community Bank 9/11 remembrance— 7:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. Special guest speaker, Maj. Robert Clay Downtown, First Street and Abilene Avenue, Portales. Information: 575-356-6601 Llano Estacado Quilt Show— 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $5 admission fee. Cafe Estafan: $5. Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Clovis Music Festival— 7 p.m. Featuring: Michael Salgado Curry County Events Center, 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-763-3435 Saturday Third Annual Rotary Arts in the Park— 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hillcre... Full story
Staff report A Curry County jail inmate failed to return to her cell as scheduled after a month-long furlough. But a Clovis police officer recognized her driving down a Clovis street last week and she’s back in the lockup, according to Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller. A police incident report shows Officer Daniel Casarez saw the inmate, Lealia Linzy-Walker, 55, driving east on Seventh Street on Friday. According to the report, the officer recognized her face and “discovered she had a possible warrant for her arr...
They say it’s “who you know” and that’s the truth. It’s also where you know them. Friends are one of the most irreplaceable resources in life. Friends who live in the town three miles from where you just broke down are really hard to replace. This story starts with a car that lived in the dead center of Fort Worth. Find a map, look just below and between the words “Fort” and “Worth.” You’ll see two lane-happy interstates that intersect in a mess that looks like it’d take more than WD-40 to untangle. Right there is where...
On this date ... 1990: Clovis school board members, in an effort to have at least one district with strong minority representation, approved five single-member districts. Board members also discussed the possibility of a tobacco-free school policy, according to a Clovis News Journal report by staff writer Gary Mitchell. 1975: Eastern New Mexico University’s quarterback had a unique way to relax before games. He played pinball. “A teammate and myself went to the same laundry and played the same machine before each home gam...
We remember: Eastern New Mexico-area residents have at least two ways to remember victims and heroes from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In Portales, a ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:30 this morning at James Polk Stone Community Bank. Guest speaker at this annual gathering will be Maj. Robert Clay from Cannon Air Force Base. A news release provided by Stone said the 30-minute ceremony will take place near the flagpole outside the bank at the corner of First Street and Abilene Avenue in downtown Portales....
I’ve tried to resist writing this column. Maybe not hard enough. May I say early on ... First, reality in general and history in particular, are rarely as simple, clear-cut and tidy as many folks would like to think. Second, the winners of wars get to write most of the history. Third, just because the majority of the mainstream news media and other purveyors of political correctness believe something passionately does not even usually make it true. The recent Confederate f...
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 keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos works at a factory i don t know if you heard boss but i now have a job it s not a really glamorous job but it s a job just the same i often punch holes in a tin can lid for some kind of a game or i paint stripes on a wooden zebra or put buttons for eyes on little baby dolls so you see i...
Religion columnist Great philosophers have focused on the concept of God throughout the centuries. Many have philosophized about God the Creator of the universe, but some have just noted a “god” or “gods.” At times they have tried to define man’s purpose and our place in the universe. Through the centuries, there have been questions: Who is God? Who is man? David Platt, well known author and preacher, wrote something that summed this up beautifully with a telling statement...
Fort Sumner at Questa When: 7 p.m. today Records: Fort Sumner 1-1, Questa 0-2 Last week: The Foxes outlasted the Clovis sophomores 20-19 in overtime at Clovis; Questa lost at Hot Springs 48-6. Last year: The Fort Sumner beat the Wildcats 51-8 at Fort Sumner. Of note: Fort Sumner bounced back from an opening loss to New Mexico Military with a solid effort against the Clovis sophomores. Senior RB Kyle Idtensohn scored all three touchdowns and rushed for 162 yards. … The Wildcats, who lost to Fort Sumner district rival Jal 3...
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. First of all it needs to be understood that everyone has a right to live by their faith, but no one has a right to a government job — a right that can’t exist. If a job would require you to do things you believe are wrong, don’t take the job. If you hold a job and the requirements change so you would be asked to do things you believe are wrong... Full story
Getting high while in the clink apparently isn’t so difficult in New Mexico. And not just from illegal drugs smuggled into the prisons. The rate of prescribed heavy-duty psychotropic drugs to inmates in state prison is rising, quite significantly. And while there are mentally ill inmates who need these meds prescribed for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other conditions, and being incarcerated definitely can be depressing, that doesn’t mean all these inmates are mentally ill or need psychotropic drugs to cop...
