Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1988: Clovis police Sgt. Raymond Mondragon was named to New Mexico Gov. Garrey Carruthers' Red Ribbon Commission, part of a campaign to combat substance abuse in the state.
Carruthers addressed the New Mexico Legislature the week before to announce his drug-free campaign.
New Mexico communities were invited to participate in a variety of activities themed around the red ribbon in an effort to raise awareness of what Carruthers said was "an increasingly severe problem of drug and alcohol abuse in our state."
1968: Debbie Kay Bilberry, 8, spent a day at the New Mexico State Capitol serving as a page for Senator R.C. "Ike" Morgan of Portales.
Debbie Kay, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bilberry, formerly of Portales and currently of Santa Fe, had been a friend of Morgan since she was a toddler. She got to spend the day in the Round House helping deliver messages.
Morgan represented Roosevelt and Curry counties in the New Mexico Senate.
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