Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Wyatt Harper of Bosque Farms hangs on during the bareback event of the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association State Finals Friday night at the Curry County Events Center. Harper score in the second go round was 52. The state finals rodeo continues tonight. They may have the western shirt, jeans, boots and cowboy hat like all of the other contestants, but it's still not difficult to find the bareback riders in the New Mexico High School Finals...
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Friday - 10:59 a.m.: Call in reference to a bench warrant, 1400 block of Avenue G. - 11:17 a.m.: Call in reference to suspicious activity, 100 block of East First Street. - 11:33 a.m.: Caller reported an argument in progress, 500 block of North Avenue B. - 12:04 p.m.: Caller requested a close watch on home, 200 block of West Ivy. - 12:21 p.m.: Walk-up for a hit-and-run, police station. - 12:33 p.m.: Caller reported a seizure victim, 200 block of South Fargo. - 1:14 p.m.: Caller rep...
Walter Hughes dipped a tenderized steak in egg and spices and then in flour. He repeated this cycle with about 59 more steaks, passing them through his hands, making sure each steak was coated just right. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Walter Hughes of Farwell with the Watson Brothers chuck wagon team seasons beef Saturday's to make chicken fried steaks for the 5th annual Duke of Dutch Ovens Chuck Wagon Cook-off at the Curry County Fairgrounds. Hughes said the team was making...
Several generations of Clovis women connected and learned from each other over breakfast Friday at the 11th annual Pioneer Women's Breakfast and Quilt Show. Curry County Chamber of Commerce: Nick Mondragon Barbara Voges, left, and Jacque Wuest, center, greet Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Norma Patterson Friday at the Pioneer Women's Breakfast at the Clovis Civic Center. The event at the Clovis Civic Center was held to honor pioneer women whose...
A homicide suspect also forced a woman to perform a sexual act at gunpoint before he killed Shondel D. Lofton, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said Friday. Jimmy Reagan, 31, is being held at the Curry County Detention Center on an open count of murder. Police say he shot Lofton in the head Wednesday night. Whitney said police believe Reagan chose his victims at random. According to Whitney: - Reagan approached a woman on the back patio at 1701 N. Wheaton Road, said his vehicle was broken down, pulled a gun and demanded mo...
A homicide suspect also forced a woman to perform a sexual act at gunpoint before he killed Shondel D. Lofton, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said Friday. Jimmy Reagan, 31, is being held at the Curry County Detention Center on an open count of murder. Police say he shot Lofton in the head Wednesday night. Whitney said police believe Reagan chose his victims at random. According to Whitney: - Reagan approached a woman on the back patio at 1701 N. Wheaton Road, said his vehicle was broken down, pulled a gun and demanded mo...
With Friday afternoon set for an afternoon coronation and an evening rodeo, the Pioneer Days Rodeo royalty spent their Friday morning on another royal task —bringing Pioneer Days to a few Clovis residents who likely wouldn't get to Pioneer Days on their own. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson Pioneer Days Rodeo Queen Stephanie Bailey hands a signed photo Friday to a resident at Retirement Ranch. Bailey and other rodeo royalty plan more visits and community service throughout t...
With Friday afternoon set for an afternoon coronation and an evening rodeo, the Pioneer Days Rodeo royalty spent their Friday morning on another royal task —bringing Pioneer Days to a few Clovis residents who likely wouldn't get to Pioneer Days on their own. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson Pioneer Days Rodeo Queen Stephanie Bailey hands a signed photo Friday to a resident at Retirement Ranch. Bailey and other rodeo royalty plan more visits and community service throughout t...
The Curry County Commission held a special meeting Friday afternoon at the North Annex of the Clovis Carver Public Library. During the meeting: - Commissioners approved the canvassing of the Tuesday county primary election results. County Clerk and Elections Chair Coni Jo Lyman said there were human errors, but the poll workers for the election did a great job during the election. There was one voting machine problem, Lyman said, which didn't result in any lost votes. The machine, poll workers said over the phone, was...
Michael Shaughnessy teaches special education and educational studies at Eastern New Mexico University. He's also become a recognized expert on head injuries, brain trauma and concussions. Shaughnessy said his work in brain injury rehabilitation started when local educators asked him to assist children and adolescents recover from head injuries associated with automotive and sports accidents. According to Shaughnessy, parents also requested he assist individuals with head injuries cope with social, speech, language and motor...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Thursday - 11:05 a.m.: Caller requested to speak to an officer in reference to threats, police station. - 11:36 a.m.: Officer received a call in reference to threats, 300 block of East 11th. - 12:34 p.m.: Caller reported a lost wallet, 200 block of West First. - 1:55 p.m.: Caller reported a stray dog around her apartments, 700 block of Golden Acres. - 3:04 p.m.: Caller reported a dog wrapped around tires in her back yard, 700 block of South Elgin. - 3:06 p.m.: Caller...
Criminal charges against a Clovis police officer involved in a fatal vehicle accident in 2010 were dropped Friday, according to the officer's attorney. Attorney Dan Lindsey said Judge Teddy Hartley dropped charges after ruling interference in grand jury deliberations. Officer Stephen Gallegos, no longer with the Clovis Police Department, was indicted in January 2011 on charges of vehicular homicide and causing great bodily injury. The charges stemmed from a November 2010 accident in which investigators said Gallegos ran a...
Criminal charges against a Clovis police officer involved in a fatal vehicle accident in 2010 were dropped Friday, according to the officer's attorney. Attorney Dan Lindsey said Judge Teddy Hartley dropped charges after ruling interference in grand jury deliberations. Officer Stephen Gallegos, no longer with the Clovis Police Department, was indicted in January 2011 on charges of vehicular homicide and causing great bodily injury. The charges stemmed from a November 2010 accident in which investigators said Gallegos ran a...
He may now be away from Eastern New Mexico University for a longer time than he was part of it, but it's still tough to not think of eastern New Mexico and basketball without thinking of Earl Diddle. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Former Greyhound basketball coach Earl Diddle, shown teaching during his annual camp at Texico High School, said he has fond memories of Eastern New Mexico University and the Lone Star Conference, and said his still hopes his greatest moment in coaching...
He may now be away from Eastern New Mexico University for a longer time than he was part of it, but it's still tough to not think of eastern New Mexico and basketball without thinking of Earl Diddle. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Former Greyhound basketball coach Earl Diddle, shown teaching during his annual camp at Texico High School, said he has fond memories of Eastern New Mexico University and the Lone Star Conference, and said his still hopes his greatest moment in coaching...
Two hundred and 12 degrees is the boiling point of water but it is also a place where young people can worship God on Wednesday nights. Alisa Boswell: PNT staff photo Trinity Assembly of God lead pastor Kelly Fulfer, top right, delivers a sermon Wednesday to members of the 212º youth ministry at the Trinity Assembly of God. The youth ministry 212º meets at the Trinity Assembly of God to help youngsters 12 to 18 years old learn about Jesus Christ through fellowship, worship and Bible teaching. "We don't tell people where to go...
Things are good for me as a baseball fan. The Texas Rangers are leading the American League West, and until Monday night Josh Hamilton had more homers than the San Diego Padres. My Rangers have not always been good. I accept this as the ebb and flow of sports, and enjoy my team during both periods. During a Lubbock trip over the weekend, however, I felt like I was the only one who accepted those rules. I couldn't walk anywhere without seeing a Texas Rangers item being worn by somebody. It's a nice feeling to be around other...
Things are good for me as a baseball fan. The Texas Rangers are leading the American League West, and until Monday night Josh Hamilton had more homers than the San Diego Padres. My Rangers have not always been good. I accept this as the ebb and flow of sports, and enjoy my team during both periods. During a Lubbock trip over the weekend, however, I felt like I was the only one who accepted those rules. I couldn't walk anywhere without seeing a Texas Rangers item being worn by somebody. It's a nice feeling to be around other...
As we recently sat on the balcony of his rented condo overlooking Lake Conroe near Houston, my brother and lifelong Republican Bud Sloan surprised me by saying that he was now an Independent. I asked why. "Social issues mostly," he said. "Also an erosion of some of our basic freedoms under the Bush administration. I think the greatest threat to the kind of America in which I want to live is the 'Religious Right' telling me how to live. They profess to value freedom of religion, but the only religious freedom they are...
CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis Community College student speaker Courtney Rose Kyle addresses the graduating class Friday night at the Clovis Civic Center during the 26th Commencement Convocation. Nervous, excited, beaming Clovis Community College graduates marched down the aisle of the Civic Center Friday evening, with tassels bobbing to the beat of "Pomp and Circumstance." More than 500 proud parents, relatives and friends packed the house to honor and celebrate the...
CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis Community College student speaker Courtney Rose Kyle addresses the graduating class Friday night at the Clovis Civic Center during the 26th Commencement Convocation. Nervous, excited, beaming Clovis Community College graduates marched down the aisle of the Civic Center Friday evening, with tassels bobbing to the beat of "Pomp and Circumstance." More than 500 proud parents, relatives and friends packed the house to honor and celebrate the...
Hundreds were walking the track Friday night at Ned Houk Park, marking another year of the Relay for Life fundraiser. CMI Photo: Tony Bullocks Jeremy Martineau ran laps to raise funds with the Society Of American Military Engineers High Plain Post Friday during the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Ned Houk Park in Clovis. Well, maybe not everybody. Jeremy Martineau decided it was a nice night for a jog. Martineau, a civilian employee at Cannon Air Force Base, handled...
Hundreds were walking the track Friday night at Ned Houk Park, marking another year of the Relay for Life fundraiser. CMI Photo: Tony Bullocks Jeremy Martineau ran laps to raise funds with the Society Of American Military Engineers High Plain Post Friday during the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Ned Houk Park in Clovis. Well, maybe not everybody. Jeremy Martineau decided it was a nice night for a jog. Martineau, a civilian employee at Cannon Air Force Base, handled...
Clovis resident Len Santi was drafted by the New York Giants baseball team in 1940, but Uncle Sam had other plans. Santi, who was raised in New York, came to Clovis with the Air Force and helped build what is now Cannon Air Force Base. Tony Bullocks: Clovis Media Inc. photo On April 10, 2012, Len Santi threw out the first pitch at a Clovis High School baseball game against Roswell. Tell me about your baseball career. I grew up in New York. When I was 12 years old, I used to...
Clovis resident Len Santi was drafted by the New York Giants baseball team in 1940, but Uncle Sam had other plans. Santi, who was raised in New York, came to Clovis with the Air Force and helped build what is now Cannon Air Force Base. Tony Bullocks: Clovis Media Inc. photo On April 10, 2012, Len Santi threw out the first pitch at a Clovis High School baseball game against Roswell. Tell me about your baseball career. I grew up in New York. When I was 12 years old, I used to...
