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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson Beatrice Gutierrez looks at her lone surviving goat Tuesday afternoon. Gutierrez said her family doesn't know what killed the other five goats Saturday night. Shocked to find five goats dead in their pens Sunday morning with only one survivor left behind, Beatrice Gutierrez speculates the culprits were stray dogs. Gutierrez said she and her family were devastated when the carnage was discovered in their back yard of their home on East Brady...
Tim King says San Francisco Giants outfielder Cody Ross hasn’t changed much since the days they played together at Carlsbad High School. Same laid-back personality, same violent swing. “It’s really funny to watch him on TV because he acts the same; same big swing, same big smile,” said King, a teacher and coach at Marshall Middle School. “He’s always been a big-game player.” Ross, a late-season acquisition from the Florida Marlins who was born in Portales but moved a short time later, was named the National League Championshi... Full story
When my daughter Laura announced she was naming her soon-to-arrive baby boy, Giovanni, I said, “Is that a saint’s name?” In my Hispanic culture, I always heard children should have saints’ names. Why do you think there are so many people named Maria, Jose and even Jesus? I Googled and was pleasantly surprised. Giovanni’s an Italian name shared by many holy men. Pope Leo X’s name was Giovanni. One of my favorite saints, Padre Pio, spent many years at San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy and Giovanni was the name of another of...
Courtesy photo Clovis High's marching band competes Saturday at the Tournament of Bands competition at New Mexico State University. The band claimed first place in the competition. With a sea of colors and a meshing of music and march, the Clovis High marching band claimed its first Tournament of Bands championship. The band claimed the title Saturday at New Mexico State University against 31 bands from New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. “I think it was really surprising,” senior drum major Jeremy Urban said. “We thought we we...
Calling all fluent German speakers to join them is a new German club that has stemmed from Cannon Air Force Base. Deutscher Stammtisch, which is German for German Club, was started by Barbara Howery, the wife of an Air Force major stationed at CAFB. After coming to Clovis with her husband, Howery was given the name and number of another German military wife, Barbara Honorato. Howery said she came up with the idea for the club after meeting Michaela Hansen, another military wife who new several other German military wives at C...
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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Olympian Sheila Taormina gives Clovis High School freshman Caitlin Myers advice on how to move her arms Tuesday at the Aquatic Center. The Clovis High School swim team swarmed tables at the Clovis Community Center Tuesday afternoon to write thank you notes to Olympic gold medalist Sheila Taormina. Taormina, 43, won a gold medal in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 1996 Olympic games. She was the smallest swimmer to win Olympic gold since the 1920 Olympics. She spent four days with the CH...
A Roosevelt County detention officer is facing petty misdemeanor embezzlement charges, accused of stealing prescription drugs from an inmate. Carolina Gonzalez, 27, of Clovis, is the second detention officer this year to be accused of stealing drugs from inmates. Detention center Administrator David Casanova said Gonzalez stole the pills the night of Oct. 19, when she was the officer in charge of inmate medication. The next shift noticed the missing pills through inventory procedures, Casanova said, and notified the... Full story
A Joint Land Use Study public meeting scheduled for Thursday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library has been postponed. It has not yet been rescheduled. The study is being conducted by Curry and Roosevelt counties to ensure operational effectiveness of Cannon Air Force Base and Melrose Bombing Range and protect interests of residents and businesses surrounding the installations. The draft plan of the study is available at www.cannonafbjlus.org. Another meeting will be scheduled in December.... Full story
Curry County officials have done nothing wrong in playing an informational video related to Tuesday’s election in the lobby of the courthouse, its attorney said Tuesday. A petition seeking removal of the video argues it is campaign material promoting approval of a new judicial complex. Such promotion is not permitted within 100 feet of the clerk’s office, where early and absentee voting is conducted, petitioners claim. Two Clovis men filed the petition on Monday. The vid...
Band to peform in Clovis “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band is scheduled to give a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Marshall Middle School Auditorium in Clovis. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets: Department of Music chairman Dustin Seifert at [email protected] Employee, alumni briefs • Dale Streeter, assistant professor of history, has recently had his article, “The Templars Face the Inquisition: The Papal Commission and the Diocesan Tribunals in France, 1309-1311,” published as a chapter...
Freedom New Mexico A Roosevelt County detention officer is facing petty misdemeanor embezzlement charges, accused of stealing prescription drugs from an inmate. Carolina Gonzalez, 27, of Clovis is the second detention officer this year to be accused of stealing drugs from inmates. Detention center Administrator David Casanova said Gonzalez stole the pills the night of Oct. 19, when she was the officer in charge of inmate medication. The next shift noticed the missing pills through inventory procedures, Casanova said, and...
Officials with a Colorado Springs, Colo., middle school are standing firm on an odd new policy. And they are placing taxpayers in needless danger of expensive litigation the district will almost certainly lose. It’s all because school administrators don’t want students wearing rosaries outside of their shirts. It’s a discriminatory policy that’s an affront to freedom of expression and religion. If not rescinded soon, a lawsuit should be welcomed as a necessary defense of fundamental freedom. School officials flip-flop, tellin... Full story
It is up to voters to decide the question of general obligation bonds for the design and construction of a courthouse addition, as well as whether a 1/4 cent addition should be made to the county’s gross receipts tax, designated for the design and construction of detention center renovations and expansion. As a judge of 21 1/2 years, I have observed numerous changes in Curry County. Clovis Fire Department grew from a single engine company that was manned by volunteers to 71 full-time employees housed in one main fire s...
Roosevelt County students are writing essays, trying out drunkenness-simulation goggles and listening to law enforcement officers as part of National Red Ribbon Week. The week focuses on encouraging students to avoid drugs. In Floyd, the schools also incorporated presentations on Internet safety and the role of alcohol and drugs in sexual assault. “We do this because it’s Red Ribbon Week, and we not only want to give the kids at Floyd knowledge in reading and math, but wisdom to be successful in life,” said Floyd guida...
Samplings of recent calls to Portales-area law enforcement, according to records: Friday • An officer was called to the Portales Skate Park about 6:15 p.m. for a report of a car windshield being cracked by fireworks fired from the skate park. The officer met a 40-year-old Portales woman who said she was driving down 18th Street when the projectile struck her car. She said she didn’t want to file charges, but wanted the fireworks to stop. While the two were talking, a 12-year-old boy approached and said he set off a f...
Freedom New Mexico A Joint Land Use Study public meeting scheduled for Thursday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library has been postponed. It has not yet been rescheduled. The study is being conducted by Curry and Roosevelt counties to ensure operational effectiveness of Cannon Air Force Base and Melrose Bombing Range and protect interests of residents and businesses surrounding the installations. The draft plan of the study is available at www.cannonafbjlus.org. Another meeting will be scheduled in December....
Football standings All Times MDT North Division Div. All W-L W-L Northeastern State 4-0 5-3 East Central 3-1 3-5 ENMU 2-2 3-5 SE Oklahoma 2-3 3-5 SW Oklahoma 2-3 2-6 Central Oklahoma 1-3 2-6 Texas A&M-Comm. 1-3 2-6 South Division Div. All W-L W-L Abilene Christian 4-0 8-0 Texas A&M-Kings. 4-1 7-1 West Texas A&M 3-1 6-2 Midwestern State 2-2 6-2 Tarleton State 1-3 2-6 Angelo State 1-4 3-4 Incarnate Word 0-4 2-6 Saturday’s games West Texas A&M 42, Midwestern State 29; Angelo State 61, Incarnate Word 17; Texas A&M-Kingsville 1...
Tim King says San Francisco Giants outfielder Cody Ross hasn’t changed much since the days they played together at Carlsbad High School. Same laid-back personality, same violent swing. “It’s really funny to watch him on TV because he acts the same; same big swing, same big smile,” said King, a teacher and coach at Marshall Middle School. “He’s always been a big-game player.” Ross, a late-season acquisition from the Florida Marlins who was born in Portales but moved a short time later, was named the National League Championshi...
