Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Decorating bulletin boards, installing landscaping, going to meetings, ordering food. School employees in Clovis and Portales are getting ready for the new school year with the first day of classes a matter of weeks away. Students return Aug. 12 in Clovis. In Portales, third through 12th grades start Aug. 17, kindergarten through second grade Aug. 23 and pre-kindergarten Aug. 31. “In Clovis, we’re very diligent about each and every student and looking at them academically,” said Clovis Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Cin... Full story
Argen Duncan: Freedom New Mexico Brown Early Childhood Center secretary Tanya Baca works at her desk Friday at the school. The Brown secretaries returned to work for the new school year this week. Decorating bulletin boards, installing landscaping, going to meetings, ordering food. School employees in Clovis and Portales are getting ready for the new school year with the first day of classes a matter of weeks away. Students return Aug. 12 in Clovis. In Portales, third through 12th grades start Aug. 17, kindergarten through...
In a mini-quest for kitchen wisdom, I asked around in the family, at the office and on Facebook. Here are a few pointers: • In this area, use high altitude directions to heat frozen pizza and make baked goods. • Don’t salt food before you microwave it because the food will dry out. • Substitute applesauce for oil in baking to reduce fat. • Don’t microwave eggs whole. They’ll explode. • To get the smell of fresh garlic off your fingers, run your fingers over the flat side of a knife a few times. The s...
“More power!” as Tim Allen might say. The Portales Recreation Center is hosting its first “Power Pull” fundraiser next week. In the contest, participants see who can pull a three-quarter-ton pickup, or an all-terrain vehicle for children, the farthest in 30 seconds. “Anyone can do this,” said city Athletics Director Mike Doerr. “It’s going to be challenging; it’s going to be fun.” After-school Program Director Andi Copenhaver said Hamilton Automotive Group was loaning the center two new pickups for the two-night contest....
Rose petal cupcakes? Yep. Portales recipe collector Raychel Randle shared the recipe she said she found in a 1913 Crisco cookbook: Rose Leaf Cakes • 1 cupful rose leaves • 3 cupfuls flour • 1 cupful sugar • 1/2 cupful Crisco (I used butter.) • 3 eggs • 1 cupful milk • 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder • 1 lemon • 1/2 teaspoonful salt Cream Crisco and sugar thoroughly together. Then add eggs well beaten, flour baking powder, salt, milk, grated rind and 1 tablespoonful lemon juice, and...
When Lois Marie Coats was 7 or 8 years old, she recalls, her dusting didn’t satisfy her mother, Roosevelt County native Anita Dunn. Dunn reminded her daughter of one of her life philosophies: If you’re going to do something, do it right or don’t do it at all. Well, then she wouldn’t do it at all, the girl replied. However, after a discussion with her mother, she was back to dusting, this time doing it well. Along with her standards of excellence in everything she did, friends and family remember Dunn’s loving nature, o...
A Portales man has been honored for his contributions during more than 30 years of handbell ringing and handbell choir directing. Bill Wood has received the 2010 Ring of Fame award from Area 11 of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. He said he was honored in June but learned of the award in January. “It’s a very humbling experience,” Wood said. “I couldn’t believe it.” Wood said only six people had received the award before him and he had never put himself in the same category because they had all been his me...
At the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday commissioners: • Appointed Chairman David Sanders to the Joint Land Use Study Policy Committee. • Voted to form a Dalley Windmill Collection Committee to come up with a cost estimate and plan for moving a windmill collection that Bill and Alta Dalley of Portales have offered to donate to the county. Commissioner Bill Cathey, County Manager Charlene Hardin, the Dalleys, Charles Chambers, Rodney Payne and a fair board member yet to be determined will be on the... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Habitat for Humanity volunteer Charles Tosh paints in the second bedroom of the second Habitat home being built on Cameo Street in Clovis. Tosh, a retired railroad worker, said he helps with whatever he can. With the completion of its newest house in Clovis nearing, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry counties are looking ahead to Portales projects. Executive Director Joyce Davis estimated workers would finish the house at 1625 Cameo St. in Clovis in three to four...
Burgers, sack races, ring tosses and live music are all on the lineup for a community carnival this month. The Portales Senior Center is hosting a carnival designed for all ages. “It’s something the whole family can come and enjoy,” said Miriam Welker, president of the Portales Senior Citizens organization. Welker expects the carnival to include about half a dozen activities for small children, games such as ring tosses and competitions for all ages in horse shoes, sack races, three-legged races and tug-of-war. She said...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Nita Howard of Portales will be teaching multiple Hebrew classes at Eastern New Mexico University. Students of Hebrew and Greek have a chance to enhance their college degrees as well as their minds with the institution of new minors at Eastern New Mexico University this coming fall. In addition to the existing minor in Greek, students can now minor in Hebrew or combine the two languages for a biblical languages minor, all through the department of religion. The classes are open to the...
At the Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents special meeting Thursday: • President Steven Gamble said the campus had a record number of participants in summer camps. • The board approved spending $740,000 to renovate the University Annex in Portales, creating an animal science laboratory as well as a welding shop shared by the agriculture and art programs. Portales campus Vice President of Business Affairs Scott Smart said the state Higher Education Department had approved the project at a cost of...
Amish Friendship Bread is good stuff. I’ve encountered the sweet bread more than once. Most recently, Iris Johnson of Portales gave me a starter. Iris said she doesn’t think you can make an inedible mistake with the bread. Amish Friendship Bread works this way: Somebody gives you a starter, light brown goo in a sealed plastic bag. During the 10-day cycle, you squish the bag daily and feed the starter flour, sugar and milk halfway through. At the end, you add more ingredients for the batter. You can bake all of it into muf...
Students of Hebrew and Greek have a chance to enhance their college degrees as well as their minds with the institution of new minors at Eastern New Mexico University this coming fall. In addition to the existing minor in Greek, students can now minor in Hebrew or combine the two languages for a Biblical Languages minor, all through the Department of Religion. The classes are open to the community, for credit or not. Fast Fact: The ancient Hebrew alphabet is technically not an alphabet. It is an “abjad,” meaning it contains s...
The planned new facility for Los Abuelitos Senior Center will give senior citizens their own space and free up room for La Casa Family Health Center to expand its services, officials have said. The center now has a multi-purpose room and an exercise room at La Casa. The county received a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant in May to build a separate facility on county land near La Casa and behind the new public health office, which is under construction. “We need it, and I’m so happy about it and so are my sen...
During the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting, board members: • heard district Director of Maintenance Nat Gomez say his crews had finished moving supplies and playground equipment for the grade levels that are changing schools in the fall with the addition of the new Lindsey-Steiner Elementary School. Lindsey Elementary School is being demolished, and Steiner Elementary School is empty except for supplies in the multi-purpose room, he said. Superintendent Randy Fowler said the district was working...
The national credit crunch is affecting Portales, although opinions differ on how. Several local businesses — Papa Murphy’s, Movie Gallery and La Hacienda — have closed their doors for different reasons during what Roosevelt County Community Development Director Greg Fisher calls a tough time for retail. In addition, Fisher believes strict credit requirements by lending institutions are a major barrier to national chain retailers moving into the area. However, banker Doug Stone says credit has less to do with w...
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Tim Mitchell of Roosevelt County buries a dead calf he found along his property. He said an average of three or four calf carcasses a week are dumped in the area. Jared Tucker A Portales man is outraged because he said someone keeps dumping trash, furniture and dead calves near his farm on Roosevelt Road Y. The farm owner, Tim Mitchell, blames local dairies but Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said he has not been able to substantiate such a charge. Mitchell said he finds three to four...
The recent abundant rains have been a help and a hindrance to area residents. The downpours have damaged roads and made weeds grow. But they’ve also watered crops and urban grass. In Portales, City Manager Tom Howell said parts of streets where water has pooled will need patching. He said he wouldn’t know the extent of the damage until the repairs were done. “It’s not quite as bad as in the winter,” Howell said. Curry County Road Superintendent Chris Pacheco said he’d seen minor damage to some roads, but others needed the...
The recent abundant rains have been both a help and a hindrance to area residents. The downpours have damaged roads and made weeds grow. But they’ve also watered crops and urban grass. In Portales, City Manager Tom Howell said parts of streets where water has pooled will need patching. He said he wouldn’t know the extent of the damage until the repairs were done. “It’s not quite as bad as in the winter,” Howell said. Curry County Road Superintendent Chris Pacheco said he’d seen minor damage to some roads, but others need... Full story
Prowling through recipes on a website the other day, I discovered a great idea: mangos and balsamic vinaigrette in a salad. I put the two with some other ingredients and had a tasty light meal or side salad. It’s healthy, simple and a change of pace. The sweet mango and the tangy basalmic vinegar play off each other well, and the raw spinach and cheese are good additions. I used colby cheese, but I suspect muenster would also work well....
In a corral at the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home, Mark Naranjo, 28, holds the young horse’s lead rope as his wife, Tara, works with the animal’s saddle as part of its training. The horse, Sundae, fidgets as firecrackers pop nearby, but the Naranjos remain unfazed. Today, the two are house parents at the home and are helping rebuild its horse program. Several years ago, Mark lived at the home and both he and Tara were members of the equestrian drill team there. Mark tells his story: At age 9, Mark, an Espanola native, mov...
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Tara Naranjo trains Sundae at the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home. She and her husband, Mark, work at the home, where both were members of the horse drill team as youth and where Mark grew up from age 12. In a corral at the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home, Mark Naranjo, 28, holds the young horse’s lead rope as his wife, Tara, works with the animal’s saddle as part of its training. The horse, Sundae, fidgets as firecrackers pop nearby, but the Naranjos remain unfazed. Today, the two a...
Courtesy photo From left, Brantley King of Elida, his sister Monica Baca of Portales and his wife, Jennifer King, went to the New Mexico Lottery office in Albuquerque this week to claim the Powerball prize Brantley King and Baca won. The two winners are the children of Aurbra King, who won $1.1 million in the lottery last year. Less than a year after an Elida resident won $1.1 million in the New Mexico Lottery, his son and daughter have claimed their own lottery prize this week. Monica Baca of Portales and Brantley King of...
PNT Senior Writer [email protected] Less than a year after an Elida resident won $1.1 million in the New Mexico Lottery, his son and daughter have claimed their own lottery prize this week. Monica Baca of Portales and Brantley King of Elida, children of lottery winner Aurbra King of Elida, won a $10,000 Powerball prize with a ticket they bought together at Allsup’s in Elida — the same place their father bought his winning ticket. “It’s exciting and neat that we won and that it happened to the family again,” Baca sa...
