Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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I was watching one of my favorite television shows a few nights ago, when one of the actors complained that everyone seemed to be whispering all of a sudden. Everyone had quite a laugh about it, as no one was whispering, the actor was just getting hard of hearing. I have to admit, I did not find that all that funny. I guess it might have something to do with the fact that my hearing is not like it use to be. There was a time when I could hear any conversation taking place around me, even if it was not intended for me to...
Academic testing ongoing Dora students in grades 3 through 12 will be participating in MAPS(Measures of Academic Progress) testing through Wednesday of this week. High school students will test 7:55 a.m. until 9:25 a.m., followed by a seven-period, slightly-abbreviated class schedule. Elementary students will be testing 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m....
Yearbook students attending training The yearbook class will be attending a Walsworth Yearbook training in Roswell at ENMU-R today. The workshop will improve students' skills with hands-on learning and will allow them to work with an artist to design their cover and related graphic elements.... Full story
The Associated Press PERUGIA, Italy — An Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox’s murder conviction Monday and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate. Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict overturning her 2009 conviction was read out. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007. The Kercher family looked on grimly and a bit dazed as the verdict was read out by the judge after 11 h... Full story
PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — An Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox’s murder conviction Monday and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate. Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict overturning her 2009 conviction was read out. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007. The Kercher family looked on grimly and a bit dazed as the verdict was read out by the judge after 11 hours of d... Full story
Good morning, and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Tuesday morning briefing....
Good morning, and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Tuesday morning briefing....
Some on the left, frustrated by the disappointing presidency of Barack Obama, are resorting more than ever to the politics of ethnicity. Those who don’t like Obama’s policies may be racists, the reasoning goes, because Obama is black. One problem is the matter of conservative voters in Florida giving an enormous straw poll victory last week to Herman Cain, who is among the more conservative Republican candidates. He is black. Unlike Obama, who did not grow up immersed in American black culture, Cain grew up in Georgia. He obt... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Robin Coffey Urvano Ordonez, second from left, talks with customers at the Portales farmers market Thursday. He sells watermelons, chilies, squash and jalapenos. According to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report, farmers markets have been on the rise in popularity in the U.S. this year with markets having increased by 17 percent nationally and by 38 percent in New Mexico. Despite this national and state increase, vendors from the local Clovis and Portales markets said, if anything, they’ve s... Full story
According to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report, farmers markets have been on the rise in popularity in the U.S. this year with markets having increased by 17 percent nationally and by 38 percent in New Mexico. Despite this national and state increase, vendors from the local Clovis and Portales markets said, if anything, they’ve seen a decline in the market this year. “I was looking at my records from the last two previous years and this year was down at least 30 percent from the last two years,” said local vendo... Full story
Civic center hosting business event The Clovis Civic Center will be the site of a Thursday event for businesses. Included in the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. event are opportunities to talk to commercial lenders, workshops for businesses, access to business consultants, and other support services. The event is come-and-go, and door prizes are available. There are seminars on using social media to grow a business (10:30 a.m.) and ways to tap the export market (1:15 p.m.) Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., or can be done in advance by... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Lash LaRue's prize elk, propped in the corner of the Clovis-Portales Elks Lodge, will be officially donated to the lodge on Oct. 14. Benna Sayyed It only seems fitting that a trophy elk displaced by a fire at K-Bob’s two years ago has found a permanent home at the Clovis-Portales Elks Lodge. The elk, which stood 8 feet tall and weighed 1,200 pounds when Clovis’ Lash LaRue brought it down with a single shot in Magdalena in 2000, will officially be donated Oct. 14 the Clovis-Portales Elks Lod... Full story
Portales City Council The following items are on the agenda for the Portales City Council meeting at 7 p.m. today at Portales City Hall: • Declaring Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15. • Notice of intent to adopt an ordinance amending certain portions of the Portales city code. • Items from Planning Commission: Recommendation to approve preliminary plat. • A resolution supporting the repeal of Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Provisions. • Memorandum of Agreement between the New Mexico Department of... Full story
AUSTIN, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team is getting used to this overtime thing. The Greyhounds played their school-record sixth OT contest in the last eight games on Sunday, managing a 1-1 non-league tie against St. Edward’s when sophomore midfielder Julian Roberts scored on a free kick with 30 seconds left in regulation. Coleton Stymeist headed a free kick into the goal with nearly 10 minutes gone in the second half to give the Hilltoppers (3-5-1) a 1-0 lead. That held until St. Ed’s was c...
Freedom New Mexico AUSTIN, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team is getting used to this overtime thing. The Greyhounds played their school-record sixth OT contest in the last eight games on Sunday, managing a 1-1 non-league tie against St. Edward’s when sophomore midfielder Julian Roberts scored on a free kick with 30 seconds left in regulation. Coleton Stymeist headed a free kick into the goal with nearly 10 minutes gone in the second half to give the Hilltoppers (3-5-1) a 1-0 lead. That hel... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Seasonal employees at the Davis Farms Pumpkin Patch prepare pumpkins to be shipped commercially. The farm has managed to thrive despite the pumpkin shortage that has severely affected West Texas farmers and decreased business for New Mexico farmers. Benna Sayyed Pumpkins will be fewer and smaller in size this Halloween, according to local farmers. Eastern New Mexico farmers are experiencing drops of 20 to 30 percent lower than usual. Extreme drought and heat took its toll, they said. “We i... Full story
Benna Sayyed Pumpkins will be fewer and smaller in size this Halloween, according to local farmers. Eastern New Mexico farmers are experiencing drops of 20 to 30 percent lower than usual. Extreme drought and heat took its toll, they said. “We irrigate our pumpkins, but there is just nothing you can do about 100-degree days,” said Kenneth Davis, owner of Davis Farms Pumpkin Patch north of Clovis. “If that happens you are going to get low pollination, and therefore low yields. About all you can do is hope and pray that don’t...
Groundbreaking for Eastern New Mexico University’s new $15.6 million, three-story residence hall will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at 17th and South Avenue K streets in Portales, the site where the previous dorm, Lincoln Hall, was torn down. The name of the new residence hall will also be revealed at this time. ENMU dorms are named after New Mexico counties, and ENMU students recently voted between Sandoval, Chaves, Guadalupe and DeBaca. The facility will have 308 beds, with each four-person suite having two two-person rooms w...
