Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Courtesy photo Jennifer Landry, from left to right, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Darren Kelly and Randy Miller in front of the capitol building. A Clovis High School student was chosen out of 212 students to attend the State of the Union Address. Randy Miller, who was in Washington D.C. with the Close Up Program, was chosen by Congressman Ben Ray Lujan to attend the speech by President Barack Obama. The Close Up Program is a non-partisan educational program that allows students to see government agencies working first...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo ENMU forward Til-Lois Fifer scores after grabbing an offensive rebound during the first half of Saturday’s Lone Star Conference Saturday during the first half of the Zia’s game against Midwestern State. Midwestern turnovers became Zias points, a warddrobe full of promo T-shirts blasted from the school's air cannons and Eastern New Mexico University’s fans were celebrating well ahead of the Zias’ victory lap with the Greyhound Arena crowd. Lone Star Conference South wins hav...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eastern guard Jordan Romero goes up to the basket against Midwestern State forward Charlie Logan during the first half of Saturday’s game. Freedom New Mexico [email protected] Midwestern State had plenty of talent, and speed to burn, and the outmanned Greyhounds couldn’t quite keep up. Speedy guard Chris Hagan scored 15 points to lead a balanced effort, and the No. 11 Mustangs pulled away late after blowing a 16-point cushion to claim a 66-59 victory Saturday night at Greyhound A...
Residents of Portales, Clovis and Muleshoe of all ages are rallying to help earthquake victims in Haiti. Starting today, the Associated Students Activities Board at Eastern New Mexico University is sponsoring a week-long fundraiser on campus. “We’re really just asking for monetary donations,” said Amber Dorado, social issues coordinator. “So that we can just send money over there, that way they can get whatever they need.” The ASAB encouraging others to text Haiti at 90999. Dorado said phone providers will charge $10, which i... Full story
Southwest Cheese will donate $100,000 a year for 25 years to the Clovis Municipal Schools Education Foundation. The Education Foundation provides grants for teachers in the classroom to support innovative teaching. Chase Gentry, executive director of the Clovis Industrial Development Corporation, said the arrangement was added to contracts that were rewritten when the plant expanded. The contracts were finalized in December. Gentry said the donation is a payment in lieu of taxes. Gentry said when the CIDC recruited the plant... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Millie Lees of Clovis says there is nothing better than doing something for someone else. Millie Lees of Clovis was awarded the K. Rose Wood Memorial Award by the New Mexico Aging and Long-term Service Department for her work with AARP in Clovis and Portales. Because Lees suffered a stroke early last year, she can’t volunteer anymore. But Lees says there is nothing better than doing something for someone else. Volunteerism: My husband George and I have been big volunteer for AARP in 1991. B...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo David Caffey sits in his home office. Caffey retired from Clovis Community College on Jan. 4 after 17 years. David Caffey enjoyed everything he did at Clovis Community College. As vice president for Instruction for seven years and vice president for institutional effectiveness, his job duties covered a lot of territory. Caffey, who retired Jan. 4 after 17 years with the college, said both jobs kept him busy. As vice president for instruction he was in charge of instructional programs,...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo United Way volunteer Betty Wagner processes donations Tuesday at the United Way office on Main Street. Wagner said she's a four-year volunteer for United Way. While the official deadline for donations has passed, it’s not too late to donate to the United Way of Eastern New Mexico. United Way officials hope area residents continue to donate to help close the gap between current donations and the organization’s goal. Donations are at 76 percent of the goal for 2009, according to United Way of...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Holly Calkins, right, and her mother Erica Calkins look through dresses Saturday at Monarch Formals. Holly Calkins needed a dress for a father daughter ball held at Cannon Air Force Base. The contestants in the womanless beauty pageant don’t have to sing or dance but they do have to wear a dress. They can sing or dance if they choose, said organizer Ty Caffrey. The pageant is a fundraiser for Monarch Formals. Caffrey started Monarch Formals in April. The program provides formal wear for t...
The Clovis Municipal School board of education plans to meet next week to decide the first step in finding a replacement for Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm. Seidenwurm announced Wednesday she will resign at the end of the school year. Board members say it’s too early in the process to know what’s coming. President Lora Harlan said the board will meet this week to set in motion the process of hiring a new superintendent. Seidenwurm cited massive construction projects over the next five years as her reason for resigning. Har... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Kenneth Broad walks through a standing ovation to accept his award Friday as the 2009 Citizen of the Year at the annual Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce Banquet held at the Clovis Civic Center. The annual Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce banquet was intended to celebrate the Clovis sound. And the sold-out event did just that with officials from every part of Clovis talking about the sounds of the city, county, schools and Norman Petty Recording Studios paired with a...
Courtesy illustration Churches in Clovis and Portales are working together to bring the movie “To Save A Life” to Clovis. The movie addresses life issues teenagers deal with daily. Churches in Clovis and Portales are joining together to bring a movie to town. A movie they are hoping will move the area’s youth to want to make a difference. Wally Yeager, student ministries pastor at Living Stones Community Church, said he saw the movie To Save A Life in Los Angeles in September at a youth workers convention. He s... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Ranchvale second-grade teacher Sheri Robbins helps Vicente Torres with a math assignment Tuesday during class. Ranchvale Elementary School is one of just three schools in the state nominated for national honors. Ranchvale is nominated for a Blue Ribbon School designation by the New Mexico Public Education Department. Winners will be announced in September. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Bill Clement of Lubbock stopped in Clovis last week with what he says was a Chevrolet Impala purchased for Buddy Holly in Clovis in 1957. He said he bought the car 25 years ago for $1,000. An auction company has launched an investigation into whether a car it’s planning to sell next week really belonged to Buddy Holly as claimed. Scott Black, public relations representative for the Barrett-Jackson auction company, said the 1958 coral Chevrolet Impala is scheduled for auction during the c... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Plains Regional Medical Center auxiliary outgoing president Ina Chandler, front, and member Judy Wylie worth together to stock shelves in the gift shop at PRMC. After years of saving, the Plains Regional Medical Center auxiliary has a $50,000 check to hand over to the hospital. Phyllis Davidson, bookkeeper with the auxiliary, said the money came from sales at the gift shop the auxilians run at the hospital. She said each time their checking account had an extra $10,000 in it, they purchased... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Patricia Gartner answers a question for the newest addition to the family, 10-year-old Alexis Victorie, whom the family adopted in Russia 13 days ago. A Clovis couple returned from Russia the day after Christmas with their ninth adopted child. Patricia and Duane Gartner began adopting in 2002 when they realized they weren’t able to conceive children naturally. The newest addition to their family is 10-year-old Alexis Victorie from Russia. The family’s relationship with Alexis began when the c...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo First-grader Naci Durham puts her books and supplies in her desk on the first day of school after the holiday break at Sandia Elementary School. Naci Durham wasn’t looking forward to going back to school Wednesday. The first thing she said Wednesday morning was “Mr. Marez is going to work us hard.” The first grader was right. Teachers at Sandia Elementary School said the first day of school after the holiday break is all about jumping back into the routine. “Today is about getting back in...
File photo Saturday’s district dance includes square dancing groups from Clovis, Artesia, Hobbs, Roswell, Portales, Carlsbad and Ruidoso. Portales’ square dancing group, the Portales Starlight Swingers, is hosting this quarter’s district dance. The dance includes square dancing groups from Clovis, Artesia, Hobbs, Roswell, Portales, Carlsbad and Ruidoso. Karl Cox Jr. works as a caller for the Portales Starlight Swingers. He said district dances are meant for fun. “We get together to enjoy each others frien... Full story
Portales’ square dancing group, the Portales Starlight Swingers, is hosting this quarter’s district dance. The dance includes square dancing groups from Clovis, Artesia, Hobbs, Roswell, Portales, Carlsbad and Ruidoso. Karl Cox Jr. works as a caller for the Portales Starlight Swingers. He said district dances are meant for fun. “We get together to enjoy each others friendship,” Cox said. “We’ve all known each other for along time. We laugh, we joke. We talk about fishing, going to the casino, our grandkids. We just visit....
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Laura Larko and Chris Austin welcomed their third daughter, Aaliyah Lynn Austin, at 2:19 p.m. Saturday, making her the first baby to be born in 2010 at Plains Regional Medical Center. Laura Larko has never had a baby on her due date. With her first two daughters, delivery was off by weeks either way. Not so with her third daughter, Aaliyah Lynn Austin. She was delivered at 2:19 p.m. Saturday — her due date — making her the first baby born at Plains Regional Medical Center in...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Carolyn Aragon of Clovis said she likes working as a dispatcher because every day is different. Carolyn Aragon of Clovis has a degree in computer science but the thought of working with computers bores her. She’s chosen to work as a dispatcher for the past 15 years. After working as a dispatcher in Clovis for 14 years, she moved to working in Portales last year. Stress diet: I love my job. It’s a hobby for me. It’s not really work. I love doing this. I look forward to doing it and every day i... Full story
Carolyn Aragon of Clovis has a degree in computer science but the thought of working with computers bores her. She’s chosen to work as a dispatcher for the past 15 years. After working as a dispatcher in Clovis for 14 years, she moved to working in Portales last year. Stress diet: I love my job. It’s a hobby for me. It’s not really work. I love doing this. I look forward to doing it and every day is a different day. The most challenging part is not knowing what to expect on the other line. Some calls are difficult but I gue...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis High School Principal Wayne Marshall has a display of memorabilia from his 20 years working in schools proudly displayed in his office. He plans to add to it while at CHS. As Wayne Marshall and his wife took their seats high in the stands at Leon Williams Stadium for their first Wildcat football game, Marshall remembers the setting sun shining its last rays on the field. “In that moment, I had the certain feeling that small town American is still alive,” Marshall said. Even before tha...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo J'Mi Heflin, left, talks to Christy Drake Thursday about paper goods Heflin and her family brought Drake. Heflin and her family used money they would have spent on each other for Christmas to buy dinners for 10 families in Clovis. Helping her mother move into a new house in Austin, Texas, during the summer reinforced a revelation J’mi Heflin had last year before Christmas. “We have too much stuff,” Heflin said. Her mother, JoBeth Broadhurst, agreed. Last year, the two used the money they...
Helping her mother move into a new house in Austin, Texas, during the summer reinforced a revelation J’mi Heflin had last year before Christmas. “We have too much stuff,” Heflin said. Her mother, JoBeth Broadhurst, agreed. Last year, the two used the money they would have spent on each other to buy four Christmas dinners for less fortunate families in Clovis and Portales. “Going into their homes, you wouldn’t have known it was Christmas,” Broadhurst said. “There wasn’t an ornament nor a tree nor a package. They were so th... Full story
