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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Why do we have to experience pain before we learn the lesson? Why can't we just hear the saying from our parents and take the hint? Sure sayings have their wit but they're played out when you speak them and then you become an adult and you realize they've never been more factual. The whole, "you don't know what you got 'til it's gone" is probably true every time you move. While I was living in San Francisco and Houston, there was so much to do but I didn't take advantage of all the free diverse activities going on. Being in...
Two months is a long time to watch millions of pounds of a crop sit in barns, to be out of a job in a tough economy, to have a business shuttered with no clue as to when it can re-open. But that's the position the federal government has put Portales farmers and workers in who depend on the Sunland Inc. peanut processing plant. If that doesn't stick to the roof of your mouth ... Last month, the Food and Drug Administration indefinitely suspended Sunland Inc.'s registration to operate because of what it said were repeated safet...
With repeal last year of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law, many military people, including senior leaders, assumed that married gay and lesbian couples had gained not only job security but also equality in allowances, benefits and access to family support programs. That assumption is wrong. Since the law took effect 14 months ago, the Department of Defense has kept in place policies that bar spouses of same-gender couples from having military identification cards, shopping on base, living in base housing or participating in... Full story
I took a few days off last week, and to quote "Office Space" protagonist Peter Gibbons, "I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be." OK, so it was a little bit more, as I discovered that giving me idle time is a terrible idea. With no major renovation project to tackle or ballpark to visit, I was left with idle time. It got used productively, particularly in Christmas shopping, housecleaning, furniture moving, and packing up clothes I didn't need and donating them to people who might. The jury's st... Full story
- Today's focus: Family P - Household members: 3 - Children: 2 - Special circumstances: This family needs help for Christmas because the mother is going to school to be a certfied nursing assistant and working. This is a single-parent family and with school and working there is not a lot of money left over at the end of the month. - Clothing needs: Girls size 3, shoe size 9; boys size 4, shoe size 10. - Toys list: Girl, 2, any learning toy and likes sights and sounds; boy, 3, any learning toy with funny sounds. - Who's...
A state judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss litigation the Village of Logan filed in an attempt to halt construction on the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, also known as the Ute Water Project. The litigation, heard by Judge Sarah Singleton of the First Judicial Court in Santa Fe, is one of three that have been filed this year against the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, a body comprised of municipalities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The authority is responsible for the construction, operation...
Roosevelt County seniors and officials left the county courthouse on good terms Tuesday afternoon after rough beginnings in a public forum. The topic of discussion in the afternoon meeting was the new Los Abuelitos Senior Center building on West Fir Street, which was built using $734,000 in Community Development Block Grant and county money. The completion of the 3,200-square-foot building was formally announced at a meeting Thursday, but La Casa Family Health Center Director Seferino Montano refused to move seniors into the... Full story
Today Alzheimer's "Savvy Caregiver Program" — 10 a.m.-noon, Los Abuelitos Senior Center. Information: 505-506-3114. Get Well Soon — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Preschool story time. Information: 356-3940. Wii Wednesday: Wii Sports Resort — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. For youth 13 to 18 years old. Information: 356-3940. Thursday Portales High School open auditions — 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m., PHS Performing Arts Center. For "The Music Man." All ages welcome. Bring a short monologue and a song from the show. Get Wel...
At a Portales City Council meeting Tuesday in city hall, city councilors: - Heard an update on U.S. 70 construction from project manager John Guldemann. Guldemann said road crews finished the last pour on First Street but still have Avenue J and K to do. He said next week, they will begin road construction from Avenue K to University, adding that due to low temperatures, crews may only be able to work on sidewalks next week. Temperatures have to be 40 degrees and rising to poor concrete for the road. The road construction...
PHS student council holds fundraiser The Portales High School student council held a fundraiser for Cassidy Tibetts, a 2000 graduate of Portales High School and now a New York City police officer. His home was destroyed by a fire during Hurricane Sandy. He was at work in New York City assisting others when neighbors helped his family from their burning home. Tibbetts and his family lost everything in the fire. The PHS fundraiser involved a Pass the Hat campaign to expatiate the fundraising activity. Students, faculty and...
Sports - Thursday-Saturday: J.P. Stone Invitational Varsity Tournament at Dora. - Friday-Saturday: Marshall junior high seventh grade girls' tournament. - Monday: Elida hosts Tatum junior high, two games....
Local leaders and landowners agree that wind energy projects will be vital to New Mexico's economy, but a hindrance in getting these projects off the ground is the possible interference with radars at Cannon Air Force Base and area airports. Community members spoke with representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration about the FAA's impact studies and how they affect the approval of local wind energy projects Tuesday at the Local Growth Management Committee meeting at the Clovis-Carver Library. Although other issues... Full story
Boys Farwell 81, Lubb. Christ the King 25 Farwell (7-1) — Austin Mason 22, Kolten Morris 14, Collin Christian 12, Ruben Gutierrez 12, Curt Langford 8, Luis Galvan 5, J.J. Herrera 4, Bretton Stancell 2, Manuel Galvan 2. Totals 37 2-5 81. Lubbock Christ the King — Mendoza 8, Cortez 6, To 4, Moreno 4, Cruce 2, Lara 1. Totals 12 1-5 25. Farwell 21 20 24 16 — 81 Christ the King 8 8 4 5 — 25 3-pointers — Farwell, Mason 4, L. Galvan. Lubbock Christ the King, none. Bovina 62, Lorenzo 36 Lorenzo — Armando Alcala 6, Michael Phi...
After four years, the Portales Lady Rams are about to begin life without standout Macy Mitchell. Sixth-year coach Clay Stout is hoping his squad, which had relied heavily on Mitchell's scoring the past two seasons, can do it by committee as they prepare to open the 2012-13 campaign against Texline, Texas, at 9 a.m. (MST) on Thursday in the 12-team Dimmitt (Texas) Invitational. Mitchell, who led the team to three Class 3A semifinal appearances in the last four years, is now a member of the Eastern New Mexico University volleyb...
