Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Phi Theta Kappa members Joel Combs, left, Stacey Richter, second from left, and Misty Padilla, right, talk with an interested student Fanghsuan Huang, second from right, at a recent student orientation for the honor society. When Clovis Community College Phi Theta Kappa chapter’s faculty advisor J.R. Richter walked out of the honor society’s annual convention with one award last year, he and his wife Stacey made a promise. “We will not only get one award again,” Richter said. A group of stud...
Curry County teachers who have returned to their alma mater say there is a special bond between them and the community because of their history. Marshall Middle School life science teacher and coach Darren Williams has been a teacher for 12 years and has taught at Clovis Municipal Schools for the duration. “I like the atmosphere. We’re like a big family,” he said. Williams, 41, is a Clovis native and grew up with his boss, Principal Jay Brady. “He’s done a lot for the kids and the school,” Williams said. “We’re all... Full story
Representative trying for impact statement State Rep. Roberto Gonzalez, D-Taos, is trying to force the U.S. Air Force to produce a full environmental impact statement on Cannon Air Force Base’s proposed low-altitude training area. Gonzalez has introduced a joint memorial on the topic to the state legislature. In a Taos News story, Gonzalez says he is responding to concerns of his constituents in Taos County. The Air Force is in the process of performing an environmental assessment of northern New Mexico and southern C...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eastern shortstop Emily Livingston hits a triple during the seventh inning of the first game of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference South doubleheader against Abilene Christian. Livingston scored on four pitches later on Devin Higgins single to center. PORTALES — Center fielder Melissa Mendoza went 4-for-5 in each game and Abilene Christian banged out 14 extra base hits in an 11-4, 17-2 Lone Star Conference South doubleheader sweep Saturday of Eastern New Mexico University. Mendoza...
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Dennis Lopez’s office displays the photography of his wife Rachel. Dennis Lopez is active in the Portales community. He was a Roosevelt County commissioner for eight years from 2000 to 2008. As the director of support employment at Mental Health Resources, Lopez said he enjoys helping and working with his clients. In his free time, Lopez enjoys golf, travel, exercise and playing cards.... Full story
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Staff Sgt. Bonnie Thomas, right, helps her daughter Allura Thomas, 7, make a tutu. About 15 Fancy Nancy fans attended the Fancy Nancy Fashion Show Extravaganza at the Cannon Library on March 5. Fancy Nancy is the title character of the Fancy Nancy series, a 2005 children’s picture book written by Jane O’Connor. The character is a young girl who adores all things fancy. She always dresses extravagantly, wearing boas and tutus. The group at Cannon Library came dressed up and made their own...
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Staff Sgt. Bonnie Thomas, right, helps her daughter Allura Thomas, 7, make a tutu. About 15 Fancy Nancy fans attended the Fancy Nancy Fashion Show Extravaganza at the Cannon Library on March 5. Fancy Nancy is the title character of the Fancy Nancy series, a 2005 children’s picture book written by Jane O’Connor. The character is a young girl who adores all things fancy. She always dresses extravagantly, wearing boas and tutus. The group at Cannon Library came dressed up and made their own...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Marshall math teacher Mary Ann Collings, above right, tutors math students Wednesday at the middle school. Collings said the hands-on lessons she uses often will be a staple at Marshall Kitten Math Camp. Marshall Middle School seventh grade math teachers have created a summer math camp to better prepare new students for seventh-grade math. Called Kitten Math Camp, in honor of the school’s mascot, the camp will last a month, from June 6 to July 1. Marshall faculty began looking at their incomi...
Six Clovis and Portales women have created a new organization intended to empower women. The idea for the organization, called We Organize Motivate Educate and Nurture, or W.O.M.E.N., came to Clovis counselor Sistar Yancy while preparing to speak at a women’s conference in California in 1990. Yancy said the idea lingered with her for years. In 2007, Yancy began sharing the idea with other women in both communities. “It became clear to me that the Lord wanted me to start a women’s group,” she said. The group was founded...
Six Clovis and Portales women have created a new organization intended to empower women. The idea for the organization, called We Organize Motivate Educate and Nurture, or W.O.M.E.N., came to Clovis counselor Sistar Yancy while preparing to speak at a women’s conference in California in 1990. Yancy said the idea lingered with her for years. In 2007, Yancy began sharing the idea with other women in both communities. “It became clear to me that the Lord wanted me to start a women’s group,” she said. The group was founded... Full story
With a $27 billion shortfall expected in Texas’ budget for the next two years, educators in the Lone Star State are just waiting on the final word on how deep the cuts will be. Gene Sheets, Muleshoe Independent School District superintendent and president of the Texas Association of Rural Schools, said educators are hearing that a cut between 8 and 10 percent is headed to Texas schools. That means about a $9.6 billion dollar reduction to public education from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Sheets said that translates t...
Liliana Castillo: Freedom New Mexico Benny Gallegos enjoys his car, a 1991 Oldsmobile 88, even though he can't drive it and enlists his family members to take him for a drive as often as possible. Gallegos lost his arms after sustaining injuries from an electrical accident. Clovis resident Benerito Gallegos’ life changed when in 1961, an electrical accident cost him both his arms. A co-worker switched the wrong breaker and blasted him with 14,000 volts; enough electricity to knock him from the top of the tower he was w...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Saturday's rock-a-thon benefit is in honor of Kris Weaver, a Clovis veterinarian who died from cancer in 2010. Relay for Life team Dream Weavers will be rocking Saturday away to raise money. That’s rocking in a rocking chair. Team member Chris Pettigrew of Clovis said the rock-a-thon is in honor of Kris Weaver, a Clovis veterinarian who died from cancer in 2010. The team was created in August in her honor. Pettigrew said the team of about 10 is made up of friends and clients of Weaver. ... Full story
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Staff Sgt. Angela Hearn taught a class of spinners March 26. About 75 Air Commandos participated in a national spin-a-thon on March 26 at the Cannon Air Force Base gym. The gym was one of over 200 facilities that participated in Spinning Nation 2011 across the country Saturday. Proceeds benefit Ride 2 Recovery, a charity benefiting the mental and physical rehabilitation of men and women in the armed forces. Staff Sgt. Freddie Jones, 27th SOW Force Support Squadron, taught one of the...
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Staff Sgt. Angela Hearn taught a class of spinners March 26. About 75 Air Commandos participated in a national spin-a-thon on March 26 at the Cannon Air Force Base gym. The gym was one of over 200 facilities that participated in Spinning Nation 2011 across the country Saturday. Proceeds benefit Ride 2 Recovery, a charity benefiting the mental and physical rehabilitation of men and women in the armed forces. Staff Sgt. Freddie Jones, 27th SOW Force Support Squadron, taught one of the... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Lockwood sixth grader Adrian Gallegos, 12, separates photos of schools into groups Tuesday with the infrared pen which part of the Mimio set up. Lockwood Elementary School teacher Allison Craig purchased software that can turn her whiteboard into a smart board for a fraction of the cost. With a near $500 grant from the Clovis Municipal Schools Education Foundation, Craig purchased software called Mimio, which projects her computer screen onto the classroom’s whiteboard. It also puts out an i...
Clovis High School juniors are on a 21-day diet. It’s a 21-day lesson plan that will help prepare them for the New Mexico Standards-Based High School Graduation Assessment. The critical test is March 29-31 and April 5-7. This is the first year juniors across New Mexico will take the test as a criteria for graduation. Previously, juniors took the New Mexico High School Competency Exam. The New Mexico Public Education Department chose to switch from one exam to the other as part of high school redesign legislation enacted in 2...
Liliana Castillo: Freedom New Mexico Lonzo Lassiter is an instructor at ENMU and works with KENW-TV as much as possible. He helps with video, audio and often builds sets. Clovis resident and Eastern New Mexico University instructor Lonzo Lassiter began what he calls the second half of his life at age 50 when he attended college for the first time. Prior to that, he worked in construction and carpentry but after three surgeries, doctors told him to find something else to do for a living. A few weeks into recovery, Lassiter bec...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis Schools Food Service director Paul Kline, left, and Middle School Project Manager Jeremy Trumble go over floor plans for the kitchen and cafeteria for a new middle school Saturday at a design meeting held with architects at the administration building. Architects of a third middle school completed a series of meetings Saturday with Clovis Municipal Schools staff and said they plan to incorporate ideas from the sessions into the final design, expected to be completed in July. FBT...
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Cannon Library Director Melissa Haraughty navigates through the Tumble Books Library on one of the library’s computers. As the world turns more to digital in every aspect of their lives, they also turn to electronic books, called e-books. The Cannon Library staff hosts a tutorial about different electronic resources available at the library each month. The how-to sessions included the basics of how to use the services and to inform active duty military, dependents and retirees what... Full story
Cannon Connections: Liliana Castillo Cannon Library Director Melissa Haraughty navigates through the Tumble Books Library on one of the library’s computers. As the world turns more to digital in every aspect of their lives, they also turn to electronic books, called e-books. The Cannon Library staff hosts a tutorial about different electronic resources available at the library each month. The how-to sessions included the basics of how to use the services and to inform active duty military, dependents and retirees what...
Clovis High School could begin a music media technology course next year with nearly a $5,000 grant from the Clovis Municipal Schools Education Foundation. CHS Gifted and Talented teacher and basketball coach Corey Pickett wrote the curriculum for the class after his students talked about a music editing program called Garage Band. “The kids were talking about how cool it would be to have a class about it (the program),” Pickett said over the sneaker squeals and echoes of 25 high school boys practicing basketball in the aux... Full story
Clovis school administrators will be creating a committee to name a third middle school to be built at the intersection of Thornton Street and Wilhite Road. Superintendent Terry Myers reported during Tuesday’s monthly board meeting that architects will soon need to know colors, a mascot and a name for the new school as they continue the design. Myers tasked Deputy Superintendent of Operations Joel Shirley to create the committee. He said the committee should be made up of 10 school employees and students and 10 community m...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo University of New Mexico recruiter Lukas Cash discusses class schedules with a student Friday at Clovis Community College. Cash will spend Thursday's and Friday's at the college. The University of New Mexico has made itself more accessible to students in eastern New Mexico. The school has hired advisor and recruiter Lukas Cash, 25, who will work out of Clovis, Hobbs and Tucumcari. Cash spends Thursdays and Fridays at Clovis Community College. His presence there is part of an articulation...
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Eastern senior guard Vanessa O’Neal reaches to the basket for two points Saturday during the second half. Abilene Christian beat the Zias 67-64. Karl Terry The Eastern New Mexico University Zias made a couple of marks on the record book Saturday afternoon, but fell short on the scoreboard as Abilene Christian slipped out of Greyhound Arena with a 67-64 Lone Star Conference South Division win. Zias senior Cat Clay moved into 10th place on the all-time scoring list for ENMU with 12...
