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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Portales Parks and Cemetery Director Ronnie Johns was recognized by the city council for dedicating 25 years of service to the city of Portales last week at its council meeting. City officials noted that it is rare they see workers display that type of longevity on the job. Johns answered questions about his 25 years of service to Portales. What is your background and where were you 25 years ago when you began to work for the city? I was born in Portales and grew up on the family farm east of town. I have been married to my... Full story
Curry and Roosevelt counties' schools administrators are looking at ways to pull up their underperforming students, as the new state School Grading System shows that they are failing them. The majority of schools in the counties have received grades of C and lower in the category of growth of lowest-performing students, according to grades recently issued by the Public Education Department. "We made an F at our elementary," said Grady schools Superintendent Ted Trice. "We're not getting them to the level that they need to... Full story
The following items will be on the agenda for the Portales City Council meeting at 7 p.m. today in the Council Chambers at city hall: - Presentation of a 25-year service award to Parks and Cemetery Supervisor Ronnie Johns. - Update on U.S. 70 construction. - Appointment of a City of Portales member to JLUS Implementation Partnership Committee - Ratification of Finance Department's actions regarding bills for June 2012 - End of year budget adjustments for the fiscal year of 2011-2012. - Public hearing for Final Budget for the...
The high school students of Elida, Floyd and Grady have been deemed prepared for higher education and future careers by the New Mexico Public Education Department's new grading system. They received As on their 2011-2012 report card in the area of college and career readiness. Elida Municipal Schools Superintendent Jim Daugherty said in addition to many Elida High School students enrolled in dual credit classes and other training for advancement, students also display strong leadership skills. "We turn out leaders,"...
Editor's note: This is the second story in a centennial series. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Lorene Martin's family gathers around her to listen to the memories she's had over the past 100 years she's lived. She celebrates her 100th birthday today with a grand birthday party in Portales but saw 100 Wednesday. New Mexico shared its birthday with two Roosevelt County residents this year, as the three celebrated 100 years. Lorene Martin of Portales saw a happy birthday on July 11 and the deceased George Peterson of...
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Thursday - 12:24 p.m.: Caller has a complaint about her landlord, 1700 block of North Boston. - 12:30 p.m.: Caller requested a welfare check, 700 block of South Avenue C. - 12:37 p.m.: Caller reported that there is a male harassing her at work, 200 block of South Main. - 12:56 p.m.: Caller reported a drunk individual, U.S. 70. - 1:01 p.m.: Caller requested an ambulance for a male that hit his tooth, ENMU. - 1:17 p.m.: Caller reported a civil issues, 1700 block of North Boston. -...
Today marks another Friday the 13th and instead of asking local residents what their superstitions are, here is a list compiled of things connected to the number 13 in Portales: Christina Calloway: Portales News-TribuneRoosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Director Karl Terry holds up a limited edition New Mexico centennial blanket signed by Gov. Susana Martinez. The issue number on the blanket was 13. - A limited edition New Mexico centennial Pendleton blanket signed by Gov. Susana Martinez was issued to the Roosevelt County... Full story
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Wednesday - 11:54 a.m.: Caller reported suspicious activity in the area, 2100 block of Santa Anna Court. - 12:50 p.m.: Caller reported they found a stray puppy in front of the library, 200 block of East Seventh Street. - 1:29 p.m.: Caller reported a motor vehicle accident, 300 block of West Second Street. - 1:32 p.m.: Caller requested an officer, 800 block of East Brazos. - 1:42 p.m.: Caller requested an officer regarding suspicious activity, 1600 block of South Avenue B. - 2:15... Full story
If you ask my parents, they'd say I have been independent since I left my mother's womb. My father tells me stories about how intelligent and defiant I was as a child. He said I figured out how to escape from my crib when I was almost 2 years old. He also told me on my first day of kindergarten I let go of his hand with no hesitation; eager to start school. After all these years, they were right. I couldn't get out of my mother's house fast enough and New York is still my dream city. But through the rebel phases and after a...
Eastern New Mexico University student Alesha Jones is grateful that she doesn't have to take a second job while she pursues her degree in communication disorders. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Student worker Alesha Jones, 20, does inventory Monday morning in Eastern New Mexico University's Golden Library. She says she'll be able to rest easier knowing the interest rate on her student loans will not increase. Jones, 20, of Willcox, Ariz., who has plans to get a master's degree in speech therapy, has taken out two...
Editor's Note: This is the first story in a centennial series. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Jane Mauk Hilliard near a portrait of her mother in her Portales home. Hilliard's roots are deep into New Mexico and she has made her own contributions to the state's history, including writing the salute to the New Mexico flag. Every time a New Mexican salutes the state flag, they are reciting words that Jane Mauk Hilliard of Portales and three other members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy wrote to honor the st... Full story
Expansion of Roosevelt General Hospital means faster service, more jobs and an increase in the amount of patients seen daily, according to RGH officials. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Andrew Moyer, left, and Lane Draper with Mark Carpenter Plumbing dig a plumbing line Wednesday for the staff bathroom on the clinic side of RGH's expansion. The near $2.1 million renovations will connect the RGH Clinic to RGH through two large corridors, allowing for patients and their families to move about the two facilities with... Full story
The children of New Mexico's Baptist Children's Home in Portales have extended family in the Air Force. Cannon Air Force Base members are putting forth an effort to be big brothers and sisters in the lives of the residents at the children's home, many of whom come from troubled circumstances. Staff members at the children's home, serving children of all ages, say that the children feel loved and welcome anytime they interact with military members from Cannon and now airmen at Cannon want to extend that relationship. "They...
The only thing that lit up the sky Wednesday night was lightning. PNT correspondent: Joshua Lucero Dora fire chief Paul Luscomb and Eastern New Mexico University detective Gary ford watch as storm clouds move over the fourth of July celebration Wednesday evening. The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce canceled its annual Independence Day fireworks show around 8:30 p.m. because of concerns for crowd safety after a storm drenched the area. PNT correspondent: Joshua Lucero A Portales police officer gathers traffic cones after...
The children of New Mexico's Baptist Children's Home in Portales have extended family in the Air Force. Cannon Air Force Base members are putting forth an effort to be big brothers and sisters in the lives of the residents at the children's home, many of whom come from troubled circumstances. Staff members at the children's home, serving children of all ages, say that the children feel loved and welcome anytime they interact with military members from Cannon and now airmen at Cannon want to extend that relationship. "They...
Grace Helton held up a University of North Carolina T-shirt on Monday, telling friends she was making her T-shirt pillow case for her father because UNC is his favorite college basketball team. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Kids College students lay out home-brought T-shirts to make pillow cases with, an art project students said they were excited about. Carlee Simoes said she was going to make her pillow case from her family reunion T-shirt, which had a Boston Red Sox theme. Helton and Simoes, both 9, say they en... Full story
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Thursday - 9:04 a.m.: Caller reported a stray dog running loose, Brazos and Larado. - 9:10 a.m.: Caller has a cat in a trap, 1100 block of North Austin. - 9:46 a.m.: Caller reported a vehicle accident with injuries, Spruce and U.S. 70. - 10:20 a.m.: Caller reported a stray dog, 1500 block of North Abilene. - 11:06 a.m.: Caller reported fraud, 1700 block of North Boston. - 11:22 a.m.: Caller requested an officer with questions on possible child abuse, 1700 block of North Boston. -...
Affordable Care Act or not, Roosevelt General Hospital and Plains Regional Medical Center officials say they already serve the uninsured and underprivileged in Roosevelt and Curry counties. If President Barack Obama's health care bill were to be fully enacted in 2014, officials noted the changes they would see wouldn't be in who they serve, but how they serve. According to Hoyt Skabelund, administrator of Plains Regional in Clovis, about 10 percent of their patients do not have any form of insurance and that is not including... Full story
La Casa Family Health Center CEO Seferino Montano declared Thursday a victory in health care reform. Rep. Stuart Ingle, R-New Mexico, said President Barack Obama's health care bill will not help the current health care system. Seferino and Ingle were two of many who expressed mixed reactions to the Supreme Court's historic ruling to uphold Obama's health care bill, which aims to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans. The decision came to a 5-4 vote with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court's liberal...
Portales High School student Isaac Brown will be traveling to Germany courtesy of the Portales Rotary Club's revived youth exchange program. Brown The program, administered through Rotary International, sends students abroad for one year. While Brown, 16, is sponsored to go to Jessen, a town about 20 miles outside of Berlin. Portales will be host to an incoming female student from Brazil. According to Rotary officials, the program's purpose is to raise cultural awareness in the community and help establish world peace by...
Dawg Houze owner Chad Heflin said he will continue to keep his bar's taxi service free of charge because it's his way of giving back to the community. He originally planned to charge for the Dawg Houze transportation when he began operating the service in late April but decided charging patrons isn't worth the hassle. According to Heflin, the Dawg Houze taxi conducts about 25 trips a night when Eastern New Mexico University is in session and about half of that when school is out based on weekly taxi logs. He said looking at... Full story
Several streets on the north side of Portales are undergoing what city officials say is a much-needed street drainage channelization and infrastructure project. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Richard Esquibe of K. Barnett and Sons brushes out the new curb on North Avenue M. The near $490,000 project, funded by a Community Development Block Grant, will add curbs and gutters to the streets of West Gum, North Avenue M and Ivy as well as providing infrastructure improvements. CDBG grants are used to fund projects in...
Eastern New Mexico University President Steven Gamble is confident his university offers a quality education even though a new report says New Mexico colleges and universities are under-achieving compared to other schools nationwide. File photo Colleges and universities in New Mexico received low rankings in the areas of academic performance and student success in a recent national report from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. New Mexico schools received a less than...
The Portales City Council met Tuesday night and took the following action: - Approved the city's monthly bills for May in the amount of $1.2 million. - Approved appointments from the Planning Commission. - Heard a fireworks overview and update from Portales Fire Department Chief Gary Nuckols. Nuckols reminded councilors of the statewide ban of open fire and fireworks during this dry-weather season. - Approved the authorization submission of an FAA grant application. - Approved the closure of Main Street between Second and...
Portales city councilors are looking further into bringing a family entertainment center to the area, a project that many councilors see as having economic and quality of life benefits. The center proposed for Portales would be a non-smoking facility that would include five theaters, 12 bowling lanes, laser tag, a restaurant, an arcade and other amenities. Councilors are looking at possible ways to fund the proposed $6 million dollar facility, taxing residents among other options, which would put the proposed center to a publ...
