Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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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 menu had many items with a south-of-the-border flair, along with several steak alternatives. Now, Portales restaurant owner Mark Vigil intends to make Italian food the featured flavor. Monday, Vigil said he completed the purchase of the Portales building, which h...
The summer’s almost officially gone for almost every school-age kid in the area and that means it’s back-to-work. But it wasn’t all kick-back and do nothing for Clovis and Portales youth this summer. In fact, the onset of autumn for many merely means a switch from one kind of labor to another. Although teens and younger certainly got in their downtime, ample hours were also spent raising money for the various clubs and teams to which they belong. “Pretty hard,” answered Kyler Brewer-Hill, a quarterback for the Clovis fo... Full story
When longtime employee Trina Lujan retired recently, Portales Municipal Schools found the assets to fill her shoes already in the building. And, with budget cuts, the school system had ample motivation to replace Lujan with someone already on staff. Lujan, a 36-year employee was the schools’ director of Federal Programs and Bilingual Education. Her responsibilities will be taken over by Priscilla Hernandez, already serving as the Director of Education as well as holding the additional title of Assistant Superintendent. ... Full story
Board members and administrators spent much of their time at the Portales Municipal Schools regular board meeting Monday discussing last school year’s Adequate Yearly Progress test scores. Although six of the seven Portales schools tested in March ‘09 did not meet standards established by the State of New Mexico, administrative staff at the meeting praised the progress students in the system made. Assistant Superintendent Priscilla Hernandez repeatedly said Portales’ scores were higher than the averages achieved state...
Victoria Lops is a hygienist in the office of dentist Peter Thompson in Portales, where she’s worked for the past five years. Lops grew up in California and Texas before ending up in Albuquerque with her husband, Rey, and three children, Jacob, Cristen and Maria. After graduating from dental hygiene school at the University of New Mexico, Lops served as a hygienist in Albuquerque for five years before moving to Portales. Aside from her decade as a hygienist, Lops has also served in various capacities for a total of 21 y...
With the temperatures into the mid-90s on Friday, it was a typical summer day. Except, inside the Home Arts Building at the Curry County Fairgrounds, where display booths were decorated in traditional fall colors yellow, orange, deep red and brown. The colors of autumn will soon be omnipresent and it’s events like county fairs, to many people, that mark a transition from one season to another. On Monday, the annual Curry County Fair opens for a week full of activities followed, in short-order, by the Roosevelt County Fair &...
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
Long legs, svelte lines, built for speed and ready to chase wild rabbits or birds in the countryside for miles. These are the kinds of dogs whose bodies Dachshunds can easily fit under. But local Dachshunds, popularly known as “wiener dogs,” will have their day this weekend. A Wiener National race, sponsored by Wienerschnitzel, will be the first one to be staged in Clovis this Saturday. Heats begin at noon at Hillcrest Park. Jim Hailey, owner of Wienerschnitzel in Clovis, said he’s handed out around 75 entry forms and is ho...
The Portales City Council has approved two grants totaling $125,000 for the local DWI program. It was one of several resolutions passed at the regular council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. The grant agreement is for money through the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division. Marcia Brown, coordinator for the Portales/Roosevelt County DWI Grant Program, said the in-kind match required of the city would be met in non-monetary ways. “The city in-kind match is with office space &... Full story
Praise in New Mexico Magazine has set the market on fire for a green chili sauce a Portales family created and sells, and Sunland Inc. peanut products shine through similar “earned publicity.” In the August issue of New Mexico Magazine, the green chili sauce produced by El Rancho Restaurant in Portales was featured in a recipe — and praised. “It’s been on the stands for a couple of weeks, and we’ve been getting orders non-stop from all across the country, from people who are homesick,” said Joey Garcia, who owns the re...
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 Force Base returned to New Mexico last weekend after four months aboard the Navy medical ship USNS Comfort. The five returnees were given a homecoming welcome at the Cannon clinic Monday. “It was actually a great experience. We were on a training mission,” Sanchez, 35,...
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 Force Base returned to New Mexico last weekend after four months aboard the Navy medical ship USNS Comfort. The five returnees were given a homecoming welcome at the Cannon clinic Monday. “It was actually a great experience. We were on a training mission,” Sanchez, 35,... Full story
As was the case statewide, the majority of public schools in Clovis and Portales did not meet the state standards for the annual Adequate Yearly Progress report. Nine of the 15 Clovis schools tested — the high school, both middle schools and six elementary schools — were among the 69 percent of New Mexico schools that failed to reach state-mandated test standards. In Portales, six out of seven schools — the high school, junior high school and four elementary schools —did not meet standards. Schools... Full story
File photo Nine of 15 Clovis schools failed to meet 2009 AYP standards. As was the case statewide, the majority of public schools in Clovis and Portales did not meet the state standards for the annual Adequate Yearly Progress report. Nine of the 15 Clovis schools tested — the high school, both middle schools and six elementary schools — were among the 69 percent of New Mexico schools that failed to reach state-mandated test standards. In Portales, six out of seven schools — the high school, junior high... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Nahume Mosby, 9, selects a book from the shelves at the Cannon Air Force Base Library. Reading and bowling generally don’t seem to fit together, but it’s apparently a good combination for approximately 300 kids this summer at Cannon Air Force Base. The Cannon Library and Cannon Lanes have teamed up to offer a little extra incentive for both activities. A program called “Book Over To Bowling” rewards participants with a free game of bowling every time five books are read. It started on May 26...
Cannon Connections photo: Eric Butler Nahume Mosby, 9, selects a book from the shelves at the Cannon Air Force Base Library. Reading and bowling generally don’t seem to fit together, but it’s apparently a good combination for approximately 300 kids this summer at Cannon Air Force Base. The Cannon Library and Cannon Lanes have teamed up to offer a little extra incentive for both activities. A program called “Book Over To Bowling” rewards participants with a free game of bowling every time five books are read. It started...
Cannon Connections photo: Eric Butler Nahume Mosby, 9, selects a book from the shelves at the Cannon Air Force Base Library. Reading and bowling generally don’t seem to fit together, but it’s apparently a good combination for approximately 300 kids this summer at Cannon Air Force Base. The Cannon Library and Cannon Lanes have teamed up to offer a little extra incentive for both activities. A program called “Book Over To Bowling” rewards participants with a free game of bowling every time five books are read. It started...
Courtesy photo Lloyd Smith, 22, in uniform at Christmas a few months before heading overseas to fight in Vietnam. At 88, Myrtie Smith isn’t apt to just jump up and take any cross-country trip. Given the honor about to be bestowed on her fallen hero of a son, she just might. One incentive for making the voyage to Georgia is she’ll get a chance to see her son’s name — Lloyd E. Smith — memorialized with other members of the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade. It’s a about a year from happening. But she would like to g... Full story
Courtesy photo Lloyd Smith, 22, in uniform at Christmas a few months before heading overseas to fight in Vietnam. At 88, Myrtie Smith isn’t apt to just jump up and take any cross-country trip. Given the honor about to be bestowed on her fallen hero of a son, she just might. One incentive for making the voyage to Georgia is she’ll get a chance to see her son’s name — Lloyd E. Smith — memorialized with other members of the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade. It’s a about a year from happening. But she would like to g...
PNT Photo: Eric Butler Tatiana Cook, 19, a student at Dartmouth, uses her uniform to show routes for the Bike & Build cycling trips this summer. Cook’s group started in Boston and arrived in Portales Wednesday. For a second time this summer, a group of bicyclists passed through Portales in a coast-to-coast adventure to raise money for charity. But don’t get the idea there are cyclists all over the United States doing this. Tatiana Cooke, 19, of Bike & Build told a different story Wednesday during a rest night at E...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Bill Dalley looks over a guest book stationed near the windmills on his property in Portales. Visitors from across the U.S. as well as some from Germany, Brazil and Australia have stopped in to take in the 85 antique windmills. Some collections, like stamps or coins, can fit into a book and are easily handed to a new owner when sold. Not everybody collects such minuscule little items, however. For Clovis and Portales residents who have made a habit of picking up larger collectibles over the...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler Major Chris Wyatt changes a fuel pump on his vehicle at the Auto Skills Center on base. Wyatt, who transfered to Cannon from Hurlburt AFB in Florida, said he always looks for auto centers such as this one whenever he moves to a new facility. When Leonard Marchman took a job at Cannon Air Force Base several years ago, it was to be an auto mechanic. In a way, though, Marchman’s position at the Auto Skills Center on base has kind of evolved to be a teacher as well. Marchman is still a mechanic a...
Cannon Connections photo: Eric Butler Tripp Johnson gets some advice from Leonard Marchman at the Auto Skills Center before he rotates his tires. Marchman has been the manager of the Cannon Air Force Base facility since 2001. When Leonard Marchman took a job at Cannon Air Force Base several years ago, it was to be an auto mechanic. In a way, though, Marchman’s position at the Auto Skills Center on base has kind of evolved to be a teacher as well. Marchman is still a mechanic as he and three others are employed to work on v...
Cannon Connections photo: Eric Butler Tripp Johnson gets some advice from Leonard Marchman at the Auto Skills Center before he rotates his tires. Marchman has been the manager of the Cannon Air Force Base facility since 2001. When Leonard Marchman took a job at Cannon Air Force Base several years ago, it was to be an auto mechanic. In a way, though, Marchman’s position at the Auto Skills Center on base has kind of evolved to be a teacher as well. Marchman is still a mechanic as he and three others are employed to work on v...
Freedom New Mexico: Eric Butler The counter at the Motor Vehicle Department office in Portales is an example of a place military spouses would like to avoid after moving to an area. Proposed legislation in Congress would allow spouses to keep one state as their official home state. For one group of women, the message is simply put right in the middle of the logo they’ve created for their organization. “Military spouses: We deserve a home state too.” The Military Spouse Business Association only has one major problem with... Full story
