Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Local health care experts offered their take on health care reform Thursday and no one offered any easy or simple answers. Roosevelt General Hospital Administrator James D’Agostino, La Casa Health Center CEO Seferino Montano, ENMU economics professor Michael Snipes and Chris Simons, an insurance executive from Artesia, offered their views on a myriad of proposals that have surfaced in Washington, D.C., over the last few weeks. D’Agostino used a power-point presentation to illustrate what he believes are five current viewpoint... Full story
United Way of Eastern New Mexico executive director Erinn Burch might understandably be concerned about how much could be gathered during the current fundraising campaign, given the nationwide economic downturn since the end of the last drive. But Burch, along with others in the world of non-profit organizations and churches, is now fairly optimistic about the ability to continue providing services to those in need. “The people I’m visiting aren’t waving me off,” said Burch of the current United Way campaign. “That’s...
United Way of Eastern New Mexico executive director Erinn Burch might understandably be concerned about how much could be gathered during the current fundraising campaign, given the nationwide economic downturn since the end of the last drive. But Burch, along with others in the world of non-profit organizations and churches, is now fairly optimistic about the ability to continue providing services to those in need. “The people I’m visiting aren’t waving me off,” said Burch of the current United Way campaign. “That’s...
It’s no secret that the Portales Police Department, like many city police departments, struggles with the recruitment and retention of new officers. One possible solution in Portales is likely to be implemented in the next couple of weeks. “We’re doing the job descriptions right now, just getting started on it,” said Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry of the new police service aids program. The idea, according to Berry, is to give those interested in becoming police officers a chance to learn some of the ins and out...
A pair of events are set on Friday, the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks. One, in Clovis, seeks to de-emphasize the attacks and focus on those who respond in the area. Another, in Portales, ensures those attacks are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. “When it happened, we thought no one would ever forget it,” said David Stone, president of Portales National Bank. “Time has a way of making people forget things. People are no longer afraid.” Friday at 7:30 a.m., Stone’s business will serve as th... Full story
Portales businessman David Stone, like many, can remember exactly what he was doing when terrorist attacks occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. What he fears is the significance of that day is starting to wane. “When it happened, we thought no one would ever forget it,” said Stone, president of Portales National Bank. “Time has a way of making people forget things. People are no longer afraid.” Friday at 7:30 a.m., Stone’s business will serve as the location for the Portales 9/11 Memorial Remembrance ceremony. It’s an event he’s organ... Full story
Just add water. It’s a good thing for some recipes and maybe a Chia Pet. And in eastern New Mexico, few dispute the need for rain and most are glad anytime it comes. But, if it does come like it has during the last couple of months, water can have some undesired consequences. Pools of standing water can be breeding grounds for certain insects, such as mosquitos, which can then propagate and spread diseases among humans and animals. “Most of the insects I’ve noticed over the summer, whenever the rain would come, there’d be a n...
Freedom New Mexico: Tony Bullocks Veterinarian David J. Orton of Clovis Equine Center, gives Duce a vaccine Thursday to fight against West Nile, encephalitis, and tetanus. Just add water. It’s a good thing for some recipes and maybe a Chia Pet. And in eastern New Mexico, few dispute the need for rain and most are glad anytime it comes. But, if it does come like it has during the last couple of months, water can have some undesired consequences. Pools of standing water can be breeding grounds for certain insects, like m...
An 0-4 beginning of the 2009 season may not be something to stand on the roofs and shout about, but Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team members are actually pointing at the start as a major improvement. The experienced Zias know how quickly things can go south, as first-hand participants in a 4-25 campaign from last year, and are determined not to let it happen again. “It was a struggle,” said senior Caitlin Murphy, one of the bright spots for ENMU in ’08 at her libero position. “It was just a bad year for us, a...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Caitlin Murphy (foreground), the only senior on this year’s ENMU volleyball roster, practices on Wednesday with her Zias teammates. Murphy was a second-team All Lone Star Conference selection last season. An 0-4 beginning of the 2009 season may not be something to stand on the roofs and shout about, but Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team members are actually pointing at the start as a major improvement. The experienced Zias know how quickly things can go south, as f... Full story
The intersection of Main and Second streets may not receive at stoplight until 2011, Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. has said. Monday night at a regular session of the Portales City Council in City Hall, Roosevelt County Commissioner Bill Cathey asked the council whether it had estimates of when a stoplight would replace stop signs on the northeast-bound lanes U.S. 70 at Main Street. Cathey said he heard complaints from residents who had been forced to wait as long as 30 minutes while trying to exit parking spaces for...
As functioning businesses, universities are exceptional in that much of their staffs are composed of the customers themselves. Students, particularly work-study students, at Eastern New Mexico University can be seen working the desks in virtually every department on campus. It’s a characteristic of university life that’s not likely to go away anytime soon — not as long as the college needs workers and the students need money. “I don’t think loans would be the greatest idea,” said freshman Santana Chavez, 18, from Dora...
Stickers, sticker burs, grass spurs, sticky burs, sand burs — whatever the name, a common opinion prevails in regards to a little weed whose seed has a plate of armor no one wants to get near. Many in eastern New Mexico just call them stickers and they’re literally a pain in the, well, wherever you happen to get stuck. “Oh yeah, my boyfriend does landscaping and he drags them in all the time,” said Portales resident Adrya Garner, 21, when asked if she’s been stuck during the current late-summer season. While there are m...
Cannon Connections Photo: Eric Butler Lance Fletcher, 9, relaxes with mom Carol and sister Lindsey at their Portales home. Fletcher, diagnosed with osteosarcoma just over a year ago, had his last chemotherapy treatment in July. There’s a genetic bug in the family tree of Portales’ Joe Fletcher, so he is quite aware the cancerous disease known as osteosarcoma could come up again. The bone cancer has struck Fletcher’s grandmother, his uncle and his sister — who died as a result. Most recently, though, it was his 9-yea...
Cannon Connections Photo: Eric Butler Lance Fletcher, 9, relaxes with mom Carol and sister Lindsey at their Portales home. Fletcher, diagnosed with osteosarcoma just over a year ago, had his last chemotherapy treatment in July. There’s a genetic bug in the family tree of Portales’ Joe Fletcher, so he is quite aware the cancerous disease known as osteosarcoma could come up again. The bone cancer has struck Fletcher’s grandmother, his uncle and his sister — who died as a result. Most recently, though, it was his 9-yea...
There’s a genetic bug in the family tree of Portales’ Joe Fletcher, so he is quite aware the cancerous disease known as osteosarcoma could come up again. The bone cancer has struck Fletcher’s grandmother, his uncle and his sister — who died as a result. Most recently, though, it was his 9-year-old son Lance who was diagnosed with the condition. Just over a year ago, when Joe was serving with his National Guard Unit in Afghanistan, cancer cells were found in Lance’s leg. The Fletchers — Joe, wife Carol and daughter...
PNT Staff Photo: Eric Butler Lance Fletcher, 9, relaxes with mom Carol and sister Lindsey at their Portales home. Fletcher, diagnosed with cancer just over a year ago, is a poster child for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. There’s a genetic bug in the family tree of Portales’ Joe Fletcher, so he is quite aware the cancerous disease known as osteosarcoma could come up again. The bone cancer has struck Fletcher’s grandmother, his uncle and his sister — who died as a result. Most recently, though, it was his 9...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Mark Vigil, owner of Mark's Restaurant and Catering, takes a look at the second floor of the Territorial House restaurant. A deal was finalized for Vigil to purchase the building, which he plans to turn into an Italian restaurant. After the building’s most recent incarnation ended a few years ago, a menu featuring the old list of entrees continued to be on display in front of the Territorial House restaurant on Second Street. The place was called the Territorial House Mexican Grill, so the m...
The Portales City Council approved rate increases Tuesday of 100-to-200 percent for the use of the city’s Memorial Building. Typical rates for those leasing space were formerly estimated between $3 and $7 an hour with a $50 deposit. Sammy Standefer, the city’s planning director, told council members those rates were the source of abuse by some who were leasing the building. “When I say there was abuse, it was primarily with the $50 deposit,” Standefer said. “What happened is we’ve had several cases where it was cheaper for th... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Portales' Carol Calderon, 38, and her 9-year-old son Gerardo pause while setting up a booth at the Home Arts Building for the annual Roosevelt County Fair. Calderon is the county extension office's manager for the Ideas for Cooking and Nutrition program. Whatever new-fangled innovations might be present in the exhibits or on the midway, the Roosevelt County Fair is like many other county fairs across the nation: a bastion of tradition. On entry day in Portales, when local residents officially...
For anyone needing direction on how to prepare their kids for the coming school year, advertisers have plenty of suggestions: New clothes, a fresh coif from the hairdresser or even a new mattress to get that good night of sleep. On a more essential level, however, parents in Portales are in the last stages of getting their children ready for school. Public schools in Portales begin classes Tuesday and the list of needed items are being checked off. “The first year is very intimidating and then it gets easier,” said Ver... Full story
Cannon Connections Photo: Eric Butler Thrift Store manager Nance Lavallee, right, tidies up while her duaghter, Elizabeth, test drives a bicycle. The thrift store is operated by the Cannon Spouses Club. Officers wives clubs hold a distinct niche in images from American popular culture - and there’s usually several martinis involved. But that was the past. These days, groups like the Cannon Spouses Club are helping evolve the perception. No longer is the club, which does have its roots as an Officers Wives Club, open only t...
Cannon Connections Photo: Eric Butler Thrift Store manager Nance Lavallee, right, tidies up while her duaghter, Elizabeth, test drives a bicycle. The thrift store is operated by the Cannon Spouses Club. Officers wives clubs hold a distinct niche in images from American popular culture - and there’s usually several martinis involved. But that was the past. These days, groups like the Cannon Spouses Club are helping evolve the perception. No longer is the club, which does have its roots as an Officers Wives Club, open only t...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Airman Velia Bravo, 25, greets well-wishers on Monday at the Cannon clinic with daughters Annabel, 7, and Alex, 5, at her side. Bravo works at the clinic but spent the last four months on the USNS Comfort before returning on Sunday. In the Air Force for 16 years, Tech Sgt. Carlos Ramos Sanchez had been overseas a few times. For his first deployment, something lasting longer than a few days or a couple of weeks, Sanchez was on the seas. Sanchez and four other medics stationed at Cannon Air... Full story
