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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Freedom New Mexico SAN ANTONIO — So far, Eastern New Mexico University’s soccer teams are hanging around at or near the top of the Lone Star Conference standings. On Friday, both tied with Incarnate Word to stay in contention. The ENMU men (4-2-3, 2-0-1 LSC) stayed on top of the LSC standings with a 1-1 tie against the fifth-ranked Cardinals (6-1-1, 1-0-1). Meantime, the ENMU women (4-3-3, 2-1-3) stayed tied for second with UIW (4-1-4, 2-1-3) after battling the Cardinals to a 0-0 standoff. Junior defender Michael S... Full story
STILLWATER, Okla. — Junior Isaiah Samoei and sophomore Adrienne Montoya led Eastern New Mexico University’s cross country teams to solid finishes on Saturday in the Cowboy Jamboree, hosted by Oklahoma State. The Greyhounds, competing in the university men’s division, finished eighth with 282 team points. Oklahoma State took the team title with 46 points to 81 for Indiana. Meantime, the Zias were fifth in the college women’s division at 216. Friends (Kan.) took team honors at 33 to 92 for Iowa Central Community Colle...
Freedom New Mexico STILLWATER, Okla. — Junior Isaiah Samoei and sophomore Adrienne Montoya led Eastern New Mexico University’s cross country teams to solid finishes on Saturday in the Cowboy Jamboree, hosted by Oklahoma State. The Greyhounds, competing in the university men’s division, finished eighth with 282 team points. Oklahoma State took the team title with 46 points to 81 for Indiana. Meantime, the Zias were fifth in the college women’s division at 216. Friends (Kan.) took team honors at 33 to 92 for Iowa Centr...
CNJ correspondent: Liliana Castillo Nicole Marez of the Lady Takers prepares to take a swing during Thursday night’s game against the Vipers at Guy Leeder Complex. The Clovis Softball Association sponsors leagues during the spring, summer and fall. When members of the Clovis Jaycees sought to start a recreational softball program for the city in the early 1960s, their first thought was to go with fast-pitch. After only a couple of years, it was evident the interest wasn’t there to maintain it. At that point, the Jaycees...
CNJ staff photo: Robin Fornoff Clovis homebuilder Bob Linn checks the oil on one of his airplanes, kept at Clovis Municipal Airport. Linn's complaint prompted City Manager Joe Thomas to order Airport Director Steve Summers to stop using a hangar to store personal items. Robin Fornoff Clovis’ city manager has ordered Clovis Municipal Airport Director Steve Summers to stop using an airport hangar to store personal items. City Manager Joe Thomas said a previous city manager 13 years ago had given Summers written permission to u...
Robin Fornoff The meter is running — to the tune of $1,500 a day — as far as Clovis city officials are concerned. But the contractor building a $5.5 million runway extension at Clovis Municipal Airport doesn’t figure it that way. At issue is the completion date of the project. The city contends it was Sept. 17, and David Montoya Construction of Albuquerque is past due. If the city prevails, Montoya could be forced to pay a $1,500 a day fine for each day the project continues past Sept. 17 under a liquidated d...
CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Cleo, a Chinese pug, receives a blessing with owner Deedra Hines by Father Allen Brockmeier of the St. James Episcopal Church at Saturday's pet blessing event at Trinity Lutheran Church. Benna Sayyed Merle could hardly sit still for his first blessing at church. At 3 months old, Merle was abandoned in the backyard of a local pet grooming shop. Today, the 6-month-old German Shepard mix is full of life and not the least bit shy. He was among a handful of lively dogs to be blessed by local pastors S... Full story
While recently chauffeuring a friend on a trip to south Texas to interview for teaching jobs, I didn’t realize that it would be so dangerous. The first day in Killeen a would-be terrorist was arrested with bomb-making equipment for attacking Fort Hood soldiers in a local restaurant. We had just eaten at TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) — which I’ve renamed Terrorists: God Isn’t Fighting. I may have spotted the AWOL soldier earlier that day in a bookstore reading “I’m Not the Brightest Bulb in the Chandelier....
Portales isn’t so trashy, as of Saturday afternoon. That’s because 105 volunteers picked up 185 30-gallon bags of trash on Saturday during a Tas No Mas community cleanup, city officials said. Deputy City Clerk Veda Urioste and City Clerk Joanne Martinez-Terry sat at three long tables handing out bright green and yellow Tas No Mas t-shirts, water, doughnuts and cookies to the volunteers. “The community’s come out real well this year to help pick up the grounds all over the city,” said Martinez-Terry. She said just 34 volunt...
Samplings of recent calls made to Portales law enforcement, according to police records: Monday • At 8:50 p.m., an officer was dispatched to Oklahoma Drive in reference to an auto burglary. The victim told the officer that the previous night, someone had entered his unlocked Ford pickup truck and stolen his wallet. The man did not know who the suspect could have been and there were no fingerprints found on the vehicle. The case is inactive. • At 2:50 p.m., an officer responded to a call concerning criminal damage....
LILIANA CASTILLO: FNM correspondent Portales resident Valerie Russ enjoys her job at Oasis State Park because she gets to work outside. Portales resident Valerie Russ enjoys working at Oasis State Park because she gets to meet new people and learn about them. She has worked there for seven years. “I have met people from all over the world in this job,” Russ, 30, said. She enjoys working outside most of all. Her job duties include coordinating events year round and daily cleaning and maintenance of the park grounds. Russ als...
He’s entertained us and made us scratch our heads every week for more than 30 years. But it’s possible that’s all you got out of Andy Rooney over that time. If so, that was probably enough. Like Brett Favre, George Burns, Bob Hope and Charlie Sheen he didn’t relish the idea of giving up his center stage. Hopefully, the fact that he’s from Hope and Burns’ generation means we won’t have to watch him cry on national TV or endure childish drunken acting out when he checks out at CBS today. Whether, Rooney tickled your funny bo... Full story
Occasionally, though not very often, the inspiration from this column comes from some other piece of information which slides across the Internet. Such is the case in today’s piece. Upstate New York, where a junior varsity football coach and English teacher forced members of the team, after a losing game, to detour into the local cemetery and lie down on graves for several minutes while he laid out an object lesson about life’s opportunities and how those who once walked the earth now lay beneath them. The point was that the... Full story
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast — Smuckers waffles. Lunch — Beefy mac, corn on the cob, chilled peaches, cookie. Tuesday: Breakfast — Bean and cheese burrito. Lunch — BBQ porky ribs on a bun, tater tots, garden salad and ranch, cake. Wednesday: Breakfast — Cinnamon roll. Lunch — Bean tostada and salsa, spanish rice, lettuce and tomato, fruit. Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Corn dog, tater tots, garden salad and ranch, applesauce cup. Friday: Breakfast... Full story
Padilla Alfonso and Rosalia Padilla of Clovis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30 in Albuquerque with their children. The couple was married September 23, 1961, in Clovis. Their children and spouses are Sylvia (Nick Jr.) Griego, Alfoso A. (Annette) Padilla and their deceased daughter Raquel Padilla. They have nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. They are both retired. Dad (Grampo), Mom (Grama) God blessed you in the kindest way and kept you in his care, He gave you something beautiful —... Full story
Family offers thanks to community When a family confronts sadness and misfortune with a gallant spirit, the family learns to live bravely and strong. For we know that sometimes the most beautiful intentions in the world cannot be seen or touched, they must be felt with the heart. We also know that a candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle. We, the family of MaryLou Lucero want to thank each and everyone of you who are coming together and are helping us in our time of need. We want to thank our family and... Full story
Information on making a year’s worth of jackets from one pattern, using onions as a side dish, and making vintage fabric covered-button crafts will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday, October 4th at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday, October 6th at 12:00 noon. (All times are Mountain.) Rae Cumbie is a custom dressmaker, artist and designer, and she will talk about how to have a year’s worth of jackets from one great pattern. She is President of the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals, and lives in Balt... Full story
La Casa Senior Center 1120 Cameo St., Clovis Monday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities. Tuesday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities; 10:30 a.m., Indoor exercise; 1 p.m., Bingo and refreshments. Wednesday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities; 9:30 a.m., Free blood sugar and blood pressure check; 10:30 a.m., , Indoor exercise; 11:30 p.m., B-day luncheon and cake; 1 p.m., Bingo and refreshments. Thursday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily activities; 10:30 a.m., Indoor exercise; 1 p.m., lotteries and refreshments. Friday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Daily...
The following books are available at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “The Batboy” by Mike Lupica was given by Kollye Quillin-Walker, Houston Walker, and Jim Quillin in memory of Charles Wade. In this fast-paced novel, an unlikely friendship slowly develops between a former baseball great in need of a family and a 14-year-old batboy in need of a father. “Robert Redford: The Biography” by Michael Callan provides a candid, surprising portrait of a man whose iconic roles on-screen have both defined and obscured one of the most ce...
Freedom New Mexico The most-recent Republican presidential debate was a weary two hours of television, and not much help for any candidate. Front-running Texas Gov. Rick Perry continued his streak of appearing not ready for prime time, and potentially offending his party’s base. Sound-bite answers to complicated questions are offensive to begin with. What are we to make of a perfunctory reference to “regulatory reform,” such as many promised? And look out for vague Trojan Horses, such as Jon Huntsman’s desire to subsidi...
Twenty thousand motorcycles were coming, but despite that vroom-vroom until two in the morning and beyond, our hip but sleepy village inspired wanderlust for brighter lights. Just my luck. Baking under the Phoenix sun, we get word Ruidoso is suddenly the news hotspot of New Mexico. TV trucks running around, reporters hustling here and there with serious faces and live microphones. (Albuquerque TV was soon to forsake us, enamored by the firing of New Mexico Lobo football coach Mike Locksley. Listen to this. One news station...
Dr. Devra Davis, chairman of the Environmental Health Trust and author, offers this view on a possible connection between cell phones and breast cancer:...
Freedom New Mexico The most-recent Republican presidential debate was a weary two hours of television, and not much help for any candidate. Front-running Texas Gov. Rick Perry continued his streak of appearing not ready for prime time, and potentially offending his party’s base. Sound-bite answers to complicated questions are offensive to begin with. What are we to make of a perfunctory reference to “regulatory reform,” such as many promised? And look out for vague Trojan Horses, such as Jon Huntsman’s desire to subsidi...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Junior quarterback Wes Wood ran for one touchdown and threw for two others — including the longest play from scrimmage for Eastern New Mexico University in four years — and the Greyhounds turned back Angelo State 23-21 Saturday night in Lone Star Conference football. Sophomore placekicker Michael Cottingham, who missed a go-ahead, 34-yard field goal on the final play of the first half, kicked a 37-yarder with 1:11 in the third period for the lead. That proved to be the only scoring of... Full story
Freedom New Mexico SAN ANGELO, Texas — Junior quarterback Wes Wood ran for one touchdown and threw for two others — including the longest play from scrimmage for Eastern New Mexico University in four years — and the Greyhounds turned back Angelo State 23-21 Saturday night in Lone Star Conference football. Sophomore placekicker Michael Cottingham, who missed a go-ahead, 34-yard field goal on the final play of the first half, kicked a 37-yarder with 1:11 in the third period for the lead. That proved to be the...
