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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Following the first game of the Plateau Wireless Classic in Clovis, members of both teams gathered for a single group photo. It was an act reminiscent of competitions where squads come from far-off foreign lands and, after making the voyage, even the hosts want a souvenir of their trip. As far as the Lathrop Malemutes are concerned, that isn’t all that far from the truth. Yes, Alaska is part of the United States, but Fairbanks is a long, long way from Clovis. As the crow flies, the two comparable-sized cities are 2,793 m...
Freedom New Mexico ENMU (3-7) at Lubbock Christian (5-4), 1 p.m. (MST) today at Rip Griffin Center, Lubbock. Radio: KSEL-FM 95.3. On the Net: www.enmusports.com Notes: The Greyhounds will have only seven players available today. Coach Shawn Scanlan said 6-foot-6 junior F Travis Cooper will miss a second consecutive game due to a team suspension. … The Chaparrals snapped a three-game losing streak — all in Sooner Conference play — with a 65-59 win at West Texas A&M in their most recent outing on Dec. 17. It was LCU’s second...
Name: Sadie About: Sadie is very cuddly and sleeps under the covers with her head on a pillow. Her favorite food is pumpkin. Maybe that's why her fur is orange. Owner: Cortney Graham... Full story
Names: Aristotle and Peter Parker, hermit crabs Story: Originally, there were Aristotle and Socrates. They were both small hermit crabs. Well, when hermit crabs need to grow, they bury themselves and molt. While molting, according to everything I've read, the old skin smells really good. (The crab is supposed to eat it after the molt because it contains tons of vitamins, Gross, Huh?) Well, Aristotle obviously thought that Socrates smelled pretty good, because he dug her up (in the middle of her molt) and ate her. So I went...
Name: Max About: Max is ten pounds of ferociousness, that is if you count barking at a trash can and the vaccuum as being ferocious. He loves snuggling up to people, licking them and ripping the legs off of all of his stuffed animals. He doesn't enjoy wearing clothes or his cowboy boots that I bought him last year. Owner name: Dianna Hernandez...
The Sundance Ranch Feline Sanctuary welcomes volunteers to help care for cats and to help with other activities, including fundraising. The sanctuary is dedicated to the welfare of domestic cats and kittens. 985-0089 or sundancesanctuary.org... Full story
City of Clovis Parks and Recreation Committee needs volunteers. The committee advises the city commission regarding parks and recreation activities. Claire Burroughes, 763-9653.... Full story
Zia Service Center of the American Red Cross needs volunteers for its disaster action team (training provided), office/administrative volunteers, and health and safety volunteers (training provided). Nicole Thompson, 763-4129 or [email protected]...
Sarah Meyer, CNJ News editor New Mexico employees working at minimum wage jobs will get a 65-cent per hour pay raise Tuesday, but local business owners say the increase is likely to cause more problems than it solves. The state minimum wage jumps to $6.50 an hour beginning Tuesday from the current federal minimum wage of $5.85. The federal minimum wage increases to $6.55 on July 24. Randy Stansell, owner of Stansell’s Thriftway, said he doesn’t think the minimum wage increase will make much difference to employees. “It seems... Full story
In observance of the New Year’s Day holiday, district and magistrate courts will be closed Monday and Tuesday. Clovis banks, credit unions, city personnel offices, Curry County offices, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Postal Service will be closed Tuesday. The North Plains Mall will close at 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. The Clovis News Journal will close at 2 p.m. on Monday and will re-open on at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. The circulation department can be reach at 763-7350 from 7-10 a.m. Tuesday.... Full story
Nov. 1: Clovis city commissioners agreed to give American Renewable Fuels 25 acres of land and a 15-year tax exemption in exchange for constructing an $80 million biodiesel plant at the city’s Industrial Park. Commissioner Randy Crowder opposed the plan, expressing concern about water conservation. Nov. 2: Petitions to support Sunday alcohol sales were available at four Clovis restaurants. The Committee for Clovis Progress said it needed 725 signatures from registered city voters before the issue could go before voters. N...
I had two miscarriages after my first daughter was born. Although they were early in the pregnancy, I felt a deep sense of loss and despair for the babies I lost, and it took me a long time to recover and move forward. I hated having to tell everyone that the baby didn't make it. I dreaded the uncomfortable silence and awkward conversation when I saw a friend or bumped into a random acquaintance at the supermarket. After our losses, my husband and I decided we would wait until the second trimester to share any future pregnanc...
It’s time for my favorite annual New Year’s tradition. No, it’s not watching a giant ball drop in Times Square, toasting my friends with champagne, kissing my sweetie at midnight, watching college bowl games until my brain rots or feasting on black-eyed peas. It’s time for me to make my annual predictions for the coming year. If you read closely these tidbits might reveal a little bit about the year past or even stuff that’s still on our plate like that slice of chewy fruit cake. These prognostications are made in fun and s...
The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned to an active role in Pakistani politics, is a setback for any hope of democratic reform there. Even more alarming, it is a significant victory for the forces of Islamic extremism — the Taliban, al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden and supporters and sympathizers everywhere — in a country with a nuclear arsenal. That said, few observers have discussed the impact of the assassination on U.S. interests in the region or how skillfully the United Sta... Full story
The following people applied for marriage licenses: • Timothy Conrad Harper, 37, of Billings, Mont., and Sheila M. Allison, 37, of Albuquerque. • Gerald Ray Smith, 48, of Modesto, Calif., and Janice Stockard, 45, of Portales. • Jared L. Shearer, 20, of Clovis and Natasha J. Green, 17, of Portales. • Jeffery Huddleston, 27, of Lafayette, La., and Emily T. Partin, 28, of Portales....
The following dispositions were filed in Roosevelt County Magistrate Court recently. According to the documents: • Guadalupe Granados, 39, pleaded no contest to the charges of aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor/drugs (second offense), speeding, no insurance, expired registration, failure to maintain lane, open container and driving on a suspended/revoked drivers license. The charges of speeding, expired registration and failure to maintain lane are dismissed, and the defendant was ordered t...
Following is a sampling of calls to Portales police dispatchers in the last week. According to the reports: Dec. 22 • At 12:04 a.m. a caller reported someone peeking into her window on West First Street. • At 2:19 p.m. a caller reported a suspected drunk driver at the drive through window at a restaurant on West First Street. • At 5:02 p.m. a caller reported that a pool table had fallen on a four-year-old girl’s hand on South Ave. E. Police and fire officials responded. • At 7:30 p.m. A caller stated that a red car had driven... Full story
New Mexico employees working at minimum wage jobs will get a 65-cent pay raise Tuesday, but local business owners say the increase is likely to cause more problems than it solves. The state minimum wage jumps to $6.50 an hour beginning Tuesday from the current federal minimum wage of $5.85. The federal minimum wage increases to $6.55 on July 24. Randy Stansell, owner of Stansell’s Thriftway, said he doesn’t think the minimum wage increase will make much difference to employees. “It seems like every time it goes up, every... Full story
It took Portales Municipal School officials a year of fine-tuning their plans, but once the right plan was presented to Portales voters overwhelmingly approved a school bond to build a new elementary school. In higher education, Eastern New Mexico University celebrated solid enrollment and a new facility as the fall semester began. In September, voters voiced their approval for replacing two schools, Lindsey and Steiner elementaries, which are more than 70 years old, with one new school by approving $9.5 million in bonds in... Full story
Ray Paiz is looking forward to the new year a little more than most people. The 35-year-old Portales man said he has a lot to be thankful for today and a lot to look forward to in the new year. Nearly killed in when a tractor ran over him in early October, the assistant manager at Russell’s Super Save was able to leave Southwest Regional Therapy Hospital in Lubbock Dec. 1 and return to Portales to complete his recovery. Paiz said the two months he spent in therapy are paying off: he was released by his local therapist last w...
CNJ file photo Stanley Bedford, right, talks to defense attorney Gary Mitchell in District Court in Albuquerque following the penalty phase. Curry County had its lowest number of homicides in seven years in 2007, according to state statistics. The two homicides in 2007 tied for the lowest homicides in the last 10 years, matching 2000. There were four homicides last year, four in 2005 and 11 in 2004. District Attorney Matt Chandler said a stronger street level police presence,...
Clovis homicides • Emmett Salisbury, 36, died Jan. 8: Shot to death in a second-hand store he operated at 701 E. Grand Ave. Salisbury’s body was found by his partner the next day. He had been shot in the chest, police said. Police have said the investigation is still active. Early in the investigation, the district attorney named two Clovis teenagers as persons of interest in the case. The two were being investigated for robberies that took place outside the store the nig...
Freedom New Mexico LUBBOCK — Senior forward Bernardo Rocha scored five points in a 9-0 run that helped Lubbock Christian pull away to a 74-60 victory over Eastern New Mexico on Saturday. The 6-foot-9 Rocha shot 6-of-8 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line en route to a game-high 18 points, leading three players in double figures for the Chaparrals (6-4). Lubbock Christian, playing its home opener, also got 12 points from 6-7 forward Kenny Hewitt and 10 from junior guard Derrick Huffman, both off the bench. E...
9 brought with it a Portales state championship as well as the departure of a fixture in Portales High School sports. The year also witnessed the birth of two new local high school sports programs, but also heartbreak with the death of a beloved Portales native. The year began with a record seventh consecutive appearance in the New Mexico Class 3A state championship basketball game for the Portales Lady Rams in March, losing to Hope Christian 43-40, followed in June by head coach Brenda Gomez announcing her retirement,... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo The Lathrop Lady Malemutes relax in the Clovis High locker room after Thursday’s first round game in the Plateau Holiday Classic. The girls chatted about how nice the locker room at Clovis was compared to theirs in Fairbanks, Alaska. Following the first game of the Plateau Wireless Classic in Clovis, members of both teams gathered for a single group photo. It was an act reminiscent of competitions where squads come from far-off foreign lands and, after making the voyage, even the hosts w...
