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Portales residents have a chance to get answers to their questions about local issues with a free informal lunch this week. The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Sharon King are hosting a “Chat with City Officials” at an open chamber lunch to present information and allow attendees to ask questions. Taco Box is providing chicken fajitas. The event is open to the public. “Even if they don’t particularly have questions, I think things will come up that they will find interesting, and we’d like for them to come o...
Officials broke ground for the new 6,000-square-foot, $1.5 million Portales Department of Health office on Wednesday. Public Health Nurse Manager Carol Morgan said the office, to be located beside La Casa Family Health Center on Fir Street, would house Public Health, Children’s Medical Services and Women, Infants and Children programs, all of which fall under the state Department of Health. The programs’ staff now work with 1,100 square feet in La Casa. “That building is going to be a source of a lot of joy for us and hopef...
During the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday commissioners: • Approved amendments to the county indigent health care fund policy to increase the amount the county will pay for ambulance service to a maximum of $1,000 and decreased the amount of time allowed for claims appeals. With the changes, patients whose claims were denied have 10 days instead of 15 to submit a written notice of appeal after being notified of a denial and then 15 days instead of 30 to submit the necessary documentation. Indigent...
Chef Juandel makes wild smoothies that make a nice, light, nutritious breakfast or snack. The chef, the culinary side of ENMU director of media relations Wendel Sloan, provided a smoothie recipe but said you can use whatever you have. Following Wendel’s recipe, almost, I blended a banana, orange, pear and plum; pineapple chunks; strawberries; blueberries; two carrots; a vanilla meal replacement shake; and strawberry yogurt. I added a couple of splashes of almond extract instead of the recipe’s nuts. That combo is dessert-swee...
Portales residents remembered the fallen Monday. The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the local American Legion post held separate Memorial Day ceremonies at the Portales Cemetery. The UDC ceremony began with the dedication of a headstone for Confederate veteran George W. Wood. “We are grateful for the records of the past which bring inspiration and courage,” said UDC member Jan Ross during the dedication. “We are appreciative of the lessons taught by memorials to events and deeds of long ago. We pray that our lives...
From bees to heroes and from Egypt to Saddle Ridge Ranch, Vacation Bible School opportunities with a variety of themes abound in Portales this summer. Churches around town are hosting the free sessions, some of which involve the whole family. Calvary Baptist Church secretary Vicky Wood said her church’s weekday morning Vacation Bible School aims to let children have fun and enlighten them about Christ’s message. Bible school takes at least three months of planning, ordering supplies and recruiting volunteers to teach, wor... Full story
From bees to heroes and from Egypt to Saddle Ridge Ranch, Vacation Bible School opportunities with a variety of themes abound in Portales this summer. Churches around town are hosting the free sessions, some of which involve the whole family. Calvary Baptist Church secretary Vicky Wood said her church’s weekday morning Vacation Bible School aims to let children have fun and enlighten them about Christ’s message. Bible school takes at least three months of planning, ordering supplies and recruiting volunteers to teach, wor...
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Wilba Duggan of Las Cruces shops at Sunland Inc.’s retail store Thursday. She and her husband, Dan, said they always stop when they come through Portales and buy peanuts for relatives in Oklahoma. Higher-than-normal wholesale peanut prices this year are expected to drive up retail costs. Retail costs for peanut products from this area are going up this year, due to processors paying more for the nuts. Sunland Inc. CEO Jimmie Shearer said the company’s contracts with farmers for V...
Retail costs for peanut products from this area are going up this year, due to processors paying more for the nuts. Sunland Inc. CEO Jimmie Shearer said the company’s contracts with farmers for Valencia peanuts set the price about $50 higher per ton than last year, one of the highest prices Sunland has paid. The cost for runner peanuts, the other variety grown in the area, is $100 more per ton than it was three years ago, he said. Sunland specializes in processing Valencia peanuts. If all of the added expense is passed on t...
From bees to heroes and from Egypt to Saddle Ridge Ranch, Vacation Bible School opportunities with a variety of themes abound in Portales this summer. Churches around town are hosting the free sessions, some of which involve the whole family. Calvary Baptist Church secretary Vicky Wood said her church’s weekday morning Vacation Bible School aims to let children have fun and enlighten them about Christ’s message. Bible school takes at least three months of planning, ordering supplies and recruiting volunteers to teach, wor...
I tried strawberries with sour cream and brown sugar after Ronnie Birdsong, a vice president at Eastern New Mexico University, recommended the treat. Dip a fresh, whole strawberry into sour cream and then into brown sugar. The sour cream chips in richness, and the brown sugar, of course, sweetness. It’s an unusual combination, but nice, and it grew on me. It’s a rich breakfast, sweet snack or light dessert, and easy to do. Yes, you’d be eating sugar and fat, but I’d guess a few dipped berries are healthier than doughnu... Full story
Cannon Connections photo: Argen Duncan Portales High School graduation senior Timothy Sando holds his certificate of appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School in the PHS library. In high school, he played baseball and soccer and was inducted into the National Honor Society. A Portales High School senior has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School, from which he could continue to the academy itself. To get the appointment, Timothy Sando had to complete a lengthy Air Force...
Cannon Connections photo: Argen Duncan Portales High School graduation senior Timothy Sando holds his certificate of appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School in the PHS library. In high school, he played baseball and soccer and was inducted into the National Honor Society. A Portales High School senior has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School, from which he could continue to the academy itself. To get the appointment, Timothy Sando had to complete a lengthy Air Force... Full story
A Portales High School senior has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School, from which he could continue to the academy itself. To get the appointment, Timothy Sando had to complete a lengthy Air Force Academy application process that included a medical exam, essays, teacher recommendation and a congressional representative’s nomination. The baseball and soccer player said he focused on education from a young age as well. “I saw it as an opportunity to continue with education and also ser... Full story
Kindergarten provides the strong foundation for education, a Portales kindergarten teacher said. “That’s where they learn their alphabet so they can read, numbers so that they can count, social skills so that they can be good citizens,” Brown Early Childhood Center teacher Lynne Walker said. Fellow teacher Erin Mitchell said kindergartners also learn to follow rules. “You have had a good year when at the end of the year, everybody’s smiling, everybody’s happy and they’ve met all of their academic goals,” she said. As they f...
Freedom New Mexico The Portales News-Tribune is putting together an article on Vacation Bible Schools to run Thursday. To have your church’s VBS times, dates and themes included in the article, contact Argen Duncan at 356-4481 or [email protected] by 3 p.m. Wednesday. Information received after the deadline will be included in a separate brief....
The cool spring has slowed planting, but the moisture means an optimistic outlook for the harvest, Roosevelt County farmers have said. “The cold temperatures affected it (planting) terribly,” said Kevin Breshears, who farms and has a custom harvesting business. Joanna Baker, whose family grows organic peanuts in the Floyd area, said it’s been too cold to plant the crop, but time is running out. The last few days have been warm, and she expects their planting to start Monday. Peanut farmers usually plant in mid-May, she said,...
With a possible new solar array, Eastern New Mexico University is looking to benefit the environment and save money on electricity. Vice President of Business Affairs Scott Smart said he has put out a request for proposals to construct a solar array on vacant land on Cherry Street near the Greyhound Arena. He said the university spends $1.5 million a year on electricity. “If the numbers work like we hope, it’ll be about a 10 percent savings on what we pay right now for electricity,” Smart said. Renewable energy is also a goo... Full story
The Roosevelt County Commission met Tuesday and commissioners: • Approved an agreement to house Roosevelt County inmates in for Lea County. Under the agreement, Roosevelt County could send adults for $100 a day and female juveniles for $125 a day. County Manager Charlene Hardin said the county has an agreement to house inmates in Tucumcari as well, but enters into these agreements only in case they’re needed. • Approved a summary subdivision at the New Mexico Christian Children’s Home. • Approved an amendment t...
Portales Municipal Schools band students are joining forces for a light-hearted concert Tuesday night. Bands from Lindsey Elementary School, Portales Junior High School and Portales High School are set to play at the second annual All Bands “Pops” Concert. “Out of this concert, I really hope (students) get the fun side of playing music,” said district band director Jennifer Johnson. All year, she said, they push for contests, but the All Bands concert is fun with no competition at the end. She said the tunes would be light a... Full story
Area wheat farmers are expecting an above-average harvest this year, if they haven’t seen it already. Rick Ledbetter, who farms near Portales, said he and his neighbors have finished harvesting wheat to use the plant for silage and hay. Farmers growing wheat for grain expect to harvest in June. “The wheat has been a very good harvest,” Ledbetter said. “You know, the winter moisture really helped the wheat crop.” Although Ledbetter irrigates his crops, he said the precipitation makes it easier. Not only did the winter sn... Full story
A new artists-in-residence program kicks off in Portales next week. Ryder Richards and Sue Anne Rische, a married couple and visual artists working and teaching in Dallas, are set to spend Sunday through May 29 living and creating art in Portales. After a public reception and artists’ talk, their Portales work will be displayed at Eastern New Mexico University’s Runnels Gallery throughout the summer. The Portales Arts Council is funding and organizing the residency, said council President Chris Taylor. “It brings a lot of at...
Editor David Stevens says he could eat tuna patties at every meal. He wanted to know when I was going write a column about them, so I tried some. The tuna patties taste nice and aren’t too fishy. They’re also quick to make and not too easy to screw up. After I cooked them, I didn’t have many dirty dishes, a major plus, but the room did smell like tuna for a bit. To make things more interesting, I experimented with original, dill and lemon-pepper flavors. The original version is simple but nice, and the dill flavor comes...
The Floyd Fire Department and three Roosevelt County individuals won awards at the Region 3 Emergency Medical Services Conference earlier this month in Ruidoso. Roosevelt County took all of the awards at the conference, which includes EMS providers from across eastern New Mexico. Colleen Tollett of Causey Fire Department was named EMS Provider of the Year. Dr. Matthew D. Foster of Roosevelt General Hospital and Jack Manis of Dora each won a Special Recognition Award. The Floyd Fire Department was honored as Organization of th... Full story
Portales is celebrating the 59th annual National Day of Prayer with a communitywide worship service and prayer meeting. The service with worship, prayer and sermons is Wednesday night. Portales pastors Brad Morgan, Josh McVey and Kelly Fulfer are set to speak on the theme “Ask, seek, knock.” The focus refers to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will...
