Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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James Myers came to Clovis from Pittsburgh by way of Washington, to open one of the city's marijuana dispensaries, Score 420 on North Prince Street, where he is southern New Mexico district director for the statewide business. He took some time out of his schedule Tuesday to tell The News about himself and the importance of the cut of beef known as a tomahawk steak. Q: What brought you to Clovis? A: I was brought here by the Score 420 partners to open the Clovis shop. We were...
Christmastime brings back memories of days gone by, like the time I got knocked down after sticking some decorative tinsel in an electrical outlet. Christmas morning 1963 I was itty-bitty and I wore my tiny firetruck print white robe. We had the typical Christmas tree with typical decorations including tinsel all over the thing. “Plug the lights in,” commanded my dad. I grabbed the plug and rammed it into the outlet with all the enthusiasm of a kid, not caring about the hunk of tinsel draped across the plug prongs. BAM! The...
Ask Logan Brown of Portales exactly who he is, he immediately speaks of being born and raised in Portales, schooled in Portales, getting his higher education in Portales, being employed in Portales with he and his wife raising their four children in Portales. His parents were born and raised in Portales as well. The News learned more about this science teacher who has students statewide when we spoke with him Wednesday afternoon. Q: What is the story of you and Portales? A: I...
Cleo Duran turns 89 next month. The News caught up with her Wednesday at her apartment after she attended church and had been to the grocery store. Q: So you weren't born in Clovis, what brought you here? A: I was born in Santa Rosa and for my first four years we lived in the workers' barracks for the Conchas Dam project. My father was a jackhammer foreman. Going to kindergarten for me was just a few months away and he didn't want me riding the bus to Tucumcari, he wanted me...
Chonies. It’s one of my favorite words I learned here in The Great American Southwest. It’s a colloquialism for underwear. I mean, call underwear what everyone else everywhere else does and it’s pretty plain: Underwear, tighty whities, stuff like that. Chonies? That gives underwear character, that gives underwear soul. One may give chonies even more character, even more soul by using them theatrically. I need to explain this. A couple of times in my life I have walked out of my domicile wearing just my chonies, to get atten...
By her own account, in her own words, Marcy Anaya is an "apple that didn't fall far from the tree" when it comes to her love of and involvement in the Clovis community. The Citizens Bank trust officer's father is longtime Curry County and Clovis Commissioner Bobby Sandoval. After she got off work Monday, Anaya took some time to talk with The News about her life. Q: What is the story of your early life in Clovis and your education? A: I was born in Clovis. I've lived here...
If you spend some time with Tami Martin, she will tell you the time in her life when she developed an interest in being involved in choral music. The director of the Clovis High School choir as well as the Clovis Community Chorus spent time with The News as she was preparing for Tuesday night's Community Chorus concert. Q: What is the story of you and Clovis? A: In 2008 my husband was called to a local church here, Parkland Baptist Church, and that's how we came to town. In...
A couple of years ago a political candidate collapsed at a campaign event. Her entourage whisked her away to her house. “Why didn’t they take her to the hospital?” The Lady of the House said to the TV. “I would’ve. I learned that lesson in my scoutin’ days,” I said. “Oh do tell,” she said, turning to me. You should know my scoutin’ troop probably wasn’t representative of what goes on in most scout troops. I think that’s why I call it a rogue troop. The old guys in charge clearly wanted to get away from their wives for a...
If you've been to Habitat for Humanity's Re-Store in Clovis you may have encountered Portales resident Dyanne Frazier volunteering, helping run the store. There is much more to Frazier's life than one might suppose as The News found out when we talked with her Thursday. Q: Where did you begin your life journey? A: I was born in Schenectady, N.Y. Q: Where have you lived? A: Really all over. Some of my family's longest stays were in Florida, Alabama and California. For...
Michelle Shover was a morning-show co-host on a Clovis radio station years ago. Lately this Farwell "full-time homeschooling mom" has been working as a part-time receptionist at a Farwell dentist's office. Thursday she had some time off and talked with The News. Q: Tell us about your relationship with eastern New Mexico and west Texas. A: I hold "dual citizenship" in Texas and New Mexico. I was born in Friona, in a year that's none of your business, and graduated from high...
The Lady of the House and I lived by the beach a few years ago. She grew up in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and we thought we’d give Gulf life a try. So we left Clovis in 2015 after we found a place in Pensacola; available Fort Walton Beach real estate wasn’t in abundance and higher priced. Anyway, two years later, we came back to Clovis. One of the tough parts of beach life was finding a job. Not long after we got settled in Florida I went looking for a good paying gig. I interviewed for a job as a newspaper advertising dep...
Donna Corn was born in California. How she got from The Golden State to The Land of Enchantment and became a mom, a New Mexico associate broker and Realtor with Kathy Corn REALTORS® Inc. was the subject of an interview with The News Thursday. Q: What is the story of you and Clovis? A: I am not from Clovis originally. I grew up in the Central Valley of California in Lodi. I joined the Air Force right out of high school. I got orders to go to Japan and then I was assigned...
From the West Coast to the "Great American Southwest," to the East Coast, through "The Heartland" and back to the Southwest. That would describe the life journey of Bonetta Hutson of Clovis. Hutson is senior pastor of Clovis' Living Word Church of God at 2101 E. 21st St. She sat with The News on Thursday in her church office and talked about her life. Q: So how did you come to be in Clovis? A: My friends, David and Paula Stevens, moved here in 2009. After their arrival the...
I worked at a place in Arizona where the whole staff had to go to a “sexual harassment awareness” seminar as part of a settlement in a lawsuit. The lawsuit involved one staffer alleging sexual harassment by a department head. In the end the matter was settled out of court. The accused staffer lost his job, the plaintiff was awarded a couple of thousand dollars (a chunk of which I understand went to pay her attorney) and the staff had to go to the seminar. It was a good thing. I learned stuff. For instance I learned it was...
At the freshly revived Guadalajara Restaurant in Clovis, Mike Mendoza has been called "The King of the Kitchen." So says restaurant management leader John Rink. Mendoza returns the compliment by describing Rink and the restaurant's management team as "one of the best he's seen anywhere." Mendoza, grandson of Guadalajara's founder Librado Casillas, took some time Wednesday afternoon to talk about his life and the new Guadalajara Restaurant, just off the corner of North Prince a...
You may not know Donald Cameron Elder III, but you probably do know "Doc" Elder. Elder has been in the area since 1995, teaching at Eastern New Mexico University and on the radio as part of a country music morning show and broadcasting sports. Elder took some time out of his Tuesday to tell The News about his life. Q: Where did you grow up? A: I was born in Farmington, Minn. When I was growing up it was a farming town. Now, after 70 years, it's a suburb of the Twin Cities. The...
Why did Clovis schools decide to build a cinder block wall at the most engaging and pleasant looking corner of the Clovis High School campus? What’s the purpose of the wall? How much did it cost? Who proposed the wall? When was there a public discourse on the matter? The wall was built for various reasons, including to enclose the practice area for the Wildcat Marching Band, according to Clovis Municipal Schools Deputy Superintendent of Operations,Technology & Athletics Jay Brady. “To prevent overuse of the turf at Leon Wil...
Autumn rolled in a little over two weeks ago. I think of change when autumn comes to pass. Then I remember a song of change, "Turn, Turn, Turn," a song written by Pete Seeger and given the folk-rock treatment by the folk-rock band, The Byrds. If you don't know the lyrics to "Turn, Turn, Turn" it's pretty simple ... they’re in “The Good Book,” in the book of Ecclesiastes .. .chapter 3, verses 1 through 8: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: “A time to be born and a time to die, ...
Some folks call her "The Goat Lady." Others may refer to her for her work with Clovis schools and others recognize her as a busy volunteer. She's Sara Williams. Monday through Friday she is the school liaison for Cannon Air Force Base. Weekends she's a local business owner. Williams took time to chat about her life, family and such with The News: Q: What brought you to Clovis? A: My husband, Jason, chose to come here on purpose. He is the only person I know of that put Cannon...
Marksmanship academy welcomes family The High Plains Marksmanship Academy is a new rifle and pistol competitive marksmanship program, according to coach and organizer Eric Goodkowsky. Members must attend and pass a National Rifle Association basic rifle or pistol class hosted by HPMA. Cost for the first family member to attend a class is $99, the second family member is $79, the third family member is $59, and $49 for a fourth. “This fee includes the class, the book, and the test. These classes usually take 12 hours or l...
- Favorite food: That would be skillet-fried chicken. Delmus Gillis is senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Calhoun Street in Clovis. Among the things he tends to is his work on his Doctorate of Ministry degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Gillis spent time with The News on Thursday morning sharing bits about his life. Q: What brought you to Clovis? A: The United States Air Force. I was stationed here in 2011 and retired from the Air Force in 2014. The...
A couple of area seniors take the term "active" to a higher level. Robbie Telles, 55, is an ardent bicyclist and Greg Southard, 64, regularly participates in triathlons. Telles is employed with the Clovis Police Department. He is a captain and oversees the special operations unit. "I try to do at least three weekly rides of at least 16 to 20 miles. Saturdays I meet up with a group and we ride from 16 to 80 miles," Telles said. Telles got interested in bicycling when he was...
Ken Lindsey, 82, is known to some as a proponent of Senior Olympics, a proponent of healthy living. Lindsey is vice chairman of New Mexico Senior Olympics. In addition to being physically active he continues in his career as a doctor of chiropractic, a career he plans on tending to until his retirement ... in 2041. Lindsey is also a certified clinical hypnotherapist specializing in overactive bladder syndrome. The News caught up with Lindsey via email and text as he was in an...
I got to thinking about jails a couple of weeks ago. The Curry County commissioners were going to have their annual tour of the county correctional facility and an invitation to cover the occasion was sent to the newspaper. Lockups have aroused my curiosity at times. Once upon a time, long ago and far away, I was working in radio news, covering a trial at a county courthouse. I was outside waiting for court to go back in session when the county sheriff came walking by. “Sheriff Bob, how ya doin’?” I called out. “Pretty good,...
Mamacita’s opens new location Mamacita’s Mexican restaurant has moved, opening its new location at 901 E. Llano Estacado Blvd., across the street from Lowe’s Home Improvement store. “We looked at it as an opportunity to buy real estate versus renting,” owner Chris Rolston said. Rolston, who grew up in Dora, bought the business, then located at the corner of North Prince and Fairmont Court about two years ago. Rolston sees a future for the area around Mamacita’s new location. “Clovis in general is expanding north. There’s a fa...
