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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor’s note: The “Meet the” series profiles the people behind groups, organizations and businesses in the community. Staff writer [email protected] Jackie Burns has been with the Portales Municipal Schools for 30 years working as a teacher, principal and currently as the director of special student services.link Lillian Bowe: Staff photo Jackie Burns, left, talks with Twila Watkins at their retirement celebration on Thursday at the Portales Schools Special Student Servi... Full story
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Senior writer [email protected] Roosevelt County Commission candidates were asked a series of questions to help voters understand their positions on the issues. District 3 and District 4 are the only contested commission races in the June 3 Republican primary. There are no Democrats running for those positions. link Charles Bennett District 3 Charles Bennett, 62, is a business owner who has worked in real estate for 28 years. Bennett went to school in Causey and got a de...
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File photo: Joshua Lucero Clovis’ Areanna King runs her stretch during the Wildcat Relays in April. King is a member of Clovis’ 400, 800 and medley relay teams that will run Friday, with aims of qualifying for Saturday’s finals at the University of New Mexico track faciilty. Clovis is competing in 16 of the 19 events.... Full story
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link Alisa Boswell Columnist It seems like there are sometimes stereotypes placed on media members, and one such stereotype is that we thrive on the violence, gore and drama of life. I can tell you I have met reporters who seem to fit this stereotype, but I can also tell you that I am not one of them. I have seen some gruesome things in my personal and professional life and to be honest, when I don’t have to see it, I don’t want to. That’s why I don’t join the televis...
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Step aerobics — 4 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. Saturday Best Ever Portales Scavenger Hunt — 11 a.m., Starts at Daylight Donuts and ends at Roosevelt Brewing Company. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/56058837 Dance and Cookout — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Los Abuelitos Senior Center. Information: 356-5056. Doug & Debbie Idsinga Memorial Golf Tournament — 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. check-in and 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. shot...
link Curtis Shelburne Religion columnist Anything columnist Charles Krauthammer writes is worth reading, so I wasn’t surprised that his recent book “Things That Matter,” a compilation of some of his best columns, is filled with gems of uncommon sense. Krauthammer tells an amazing “come back” story from the world of baseball (the game is a great metaphor for life) and then makes his point. Every life, he writes, has a moment when “the catastrophe that awaits everyone fr... Full story
USDA, FSA announce 2012 crop loss sign-ups U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced sign-ups for 2012 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program started on Thursday and will continue through Aug. 29 in a press release. The program, established by the 2008 Farm Bill, provides for one final period of eligibility for producers suffering crop losses caused by natural disasters occurring through Sept. 30, 2011, for crops intended for the 2012 harvest. Some of... Full story
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Tuesday • 2:51 a.m.: Alarm activation, 400 block of North Main Avenue. • 8:04 a.m.: Animal complaint, 800 block of South Main Avenue. • 8:14 a.m.: Animal complaint, 1200 block of West First Street. • 8:21 a.m.: Animal complaint, 1000 block of East Danube Street. • 8:25 a.m.: Welfare check, 1700 block of North Boston Street. • 9:27 a.m.: Warrant service, 2300 block of South Roosevelt Road 4. • 11:55 a.m.: Officer requested, 1700 block of North Boston Street. • 12:...
Here’s a vital question for every candidate this election season who says New Mexico must increase education spending as the first, best and only way to raise dismal achievement and graduation rates: Are you aware just how much we are spending now to get results that rank near the bottom nationally? New Mexico already spends more than 30 other states on K-12 education — $11,019 per student compared to the national average of $10,938, according to the National Education Association, one of the nation’s largest teach... Full story
link Kent McManigal Local columnist The arguments in favor of requiring a photo ID to vote — specifically, I assume, a photo ID issued from some governmental authority — center around the assertion that you don’t want people voting who aren’t entitled to vote. However, if voting is to have any legitimacy, which is highly debatable, it must be available to anyone and everyone who would be affected by the results. An ID showing the citizenship status of the pictured individ...
link Kitsana Dounglomchan Guest columnist My friend Brandon and I are on shift work. Like so many, we earn our pay on weekends and holidays at all times of day. I’m not complaining about this — it’s what I signed up for. But your life can fall into a rut, if you aren’t careful. I have to get off my butt to combat this rut. We’re doing this by taking one trip per month outside of Clovis. On a recent Thursday my wife, Brandon, and I drove to Mackenzie Park in Lubbock. We took t... Full story
Can we “come back” after we’ve been broken? That’s the question. Anything columnist Charles Krauthammer writes is worth reading, so I wasn’t surprised that his recent book Things That Matter, a compilation of some of his best columns, is filled with gems of uncommon sense. Krauthammer tells an amazing “come back” story from the world of baseball (the game is a great metaphor for life) and then makes his point. Every life, he writes, has a moment when “the catastrophe tha...
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