Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Courtesy photo Live music, bounce houses, face painting and food are all part of the free fun at the Rock the Block party on Saturday. Three churches in north Clovis are teaming up to host a block party on Saturday. The pastors of Highland Baptist Church, Kingswood United Methodist Church and Church of the Brethren held the first Rock the Block party about a year ago. Chuck Pardy of Highland Baptist said the event is intended to be an afternoon of fun for the families of the community. “We just want people to know we’re in...
File photo Clovis Christian School Superintendent Ladona Clayton requires all high school students to take advanced placement classes. Clovis Christian School’s new superintendent spent her first 21/2-months on the job revamping. Among Ladona Clayton’s targets — college readiness programs, professional development for teachers, the evaluation process and even the school policy manual. Clayton was hired as the superintendent in July. She succeeded Steve Schultze, whose contract wasn’t renewed after his involvement with... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Bruce Mitchell, a registered nurse and intermediate EMT, talks to community members about the new helicopter that will be stationed in Clovis. Mitchell said the helicopter is “kinda our sports model.” The smaller aircraft travels about 30 mph Showing onlookers a compartment barely the size of a walk-in closet, Bruce Mitchell explained how the small area becomes a functional medical unit while at the same time, flying patients to trauma centers. Mitchell, a registered nurse and... Full story
CNJ photo illustration: Liliana Castillo Athletes run, jump, shoot pass and hit. Volumes of pages couldn’t sum up local philosophies on managing those. They also Tweet, MySpace and Facebook. Regarding those social networking verbs, the response could fit in a text message: Ask me later. Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach banned usage of Twitter two weeks ago after a handful of players posted grumblings in the wake of the team’s loss to Houston. While local athletic departments say they understand Leach’s decision, they...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Rosa Alomar, from left to right, Lucia Daniel, Donna Wilde and Jerri Miller, members of the Positive Expectations program, began making blankets about two months ago for women with children in Afghanistan. A group of Clovis mothers are putting their hands to work to help mothers on the other side of the world. Four women in the Positive Expectations Program at Mental Health Resources began working on blankets for mothers with babies in Afghanistan about two months ago. Diane Watts, agency...
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo ENMU senior wide receiver, who leads NCAA Division II in catches per game (9.67) and yards receiving per game (135), is tackled by Angelo State defensive back Dekkar Williams during last week's game at Greyhound Stadium. Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M battle each football season for the Wagon Wheel. The traveling trophy, a large wagon wheel, is placed atop a hill adjacent to the field at either Greyhound Stadium or Kimbrough Stadium. When the Greyhounds win, as they’ve done 11 t...
Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Clovis MainStreet helped secure two grants to clean up the Hotel Clovis earlier this year. The excitement is almost tangible when some locals talk about rebuilding the oldest, grandest hotels in Clovis and Portales. But if hope puts gleam in the eyes, reality often provides the floaters. Still, those with the dream press on. “I’m not concerned,” said Robyne Beaubien, executive director of Clovis MainStreet, when asked about a delay transferring ownership of the Hotel Clovis between the c... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Fire chief Ray Westerman will celebrate 35 years with the department on Jan. 16. On Jan. 16, Fire Chief Ray Westerman will celebrate 35 years with the Clovis Fire Department. He was hired as a probationary fire fighter at age 18 and worked is way up through the ranks to his current position. But he doesn’t have the most seniority in the department. Battalion Chief Ike Burns has six months more and Lt. Ron Bannister has about three weeks more. At the beginning: I started here kind of by chance...
Fall means an outpouring of help from churches all over the state for the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales. For the Fall Food Shower, the home sends lists of needed items to each of the 13 Baptist church associations in the state. Administrator Geraldine Dooley said the Fall Food Shower provides the home with 60 percent of their grocery needs. “We ask for things that are on our menu that we would need to cook. Just staple goods that family use every day,” Dooley said. Dooley said the home averages about 25 children, but g...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Kathleen Vigil with the Baptist Children's Home divides groceries for the family cottages. Fall means an outpouring of help from churches all over the state for the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales. For the Fall Food Shower, the home sends lists of needed items to each of the 13 Baptist church associations in the state. Administrator Geraldine Dooley said the Fall Food Shower provides the home with 60 percent of their grocery needs. “We ask for things that are on our menu that we wou...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Steve North, programs coordinator for the Ninth Judicial District Attorney's Office, talks to a class at Clovis High School about going to and staying in school. “Who wants to drop out, become a drug addict and maybe murder someone in the next three or five years?” Steve North asked the class. None of the 15 students raise their hands. “It sounds like a ridiculous question, I know,” North said. “But no one plans for that to happen. You have to plan against things like that.” North, prog... Full story
Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm is in the midst of a week of meeting with community leaders to talk about a possible 10 percent cut in state money. “I am sharing with them how much education has already been cut. No one’s felt it yet because we have stimulus funding to back fill it,” Seidenwurm said. “But the stimulus money goes away after next year.” The district already suffered a $3.5 million cut, but received $3.5 million dollars in federal stimulus money to fill the gap in the operation... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo From left, Clovis schools Director of Nursing Rhonda Sparks, Curry County Health Office Nurse Manager Gayla Jaquess and Emergency Management Director Ken De Los Santos answer parents' questions at special meeting Tuesday in Zia Elementary School. When only 15 parents came to the district’s informational flu meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm was glad. “Not many parents means not many are as worried as they are in other districts,” Seidenwurm said. Clovis schools Direc...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Kenny Funchess, left, and Airman 1st class Darren Raines talk about the details of a Yamaha R6 motorcycle. The staff at the community center at Doc Stewart is always looking for ways to connect Cannon Air Force Base with the communities that surround it. Manager Paul Hopkin said the Cannon Thunder Auto Show is one of the events that brings members from both together. “This is one of the things we can do to reach out to the community and have fun,” Hopkin said. “People rally aroun...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Kenny Funchess, left, and Airman 1st class Darren Raines talk about the details of a Yamaha R6 motorcycle. The staff at the community center at Doc Stewart is always looking for ways to connect Cannon Air Force Base with the communities that surround it. Manager Paul Hopkin said the Cannon Thunder Auto Show is one of the events that brings members from both together. “This is one of the things we can do to reach out to the community and have fun,” Hopkin said. “People rally aroun...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Leslie Scott organized the same supply drive when she was stationed in England. Suffering an injury while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq, a soldier can be happy knowing that medical personnel will rush the injured far out of harm’s way in order to quickly treat the wounds. But after being moved to a combat support hospital or the military hospital at Landstuhl, Germany, when the immediacy of the situation wears off, that’s when the wounded realize all they have with them is the shirt... Full story
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Leslie Scott organized the same supply drive when she was stationed in England. Suffering an injury while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq, a soldier can be happy knowing that medical personnel will rush the injured far out of harm’s way in order to quickly treat the wounds. But after being moved to a combat support hospital or the military hospital at Landstuhl, Germany, when the immediacy of the situation wears off, that’s when the wounded realize all they have with them is the shirt...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina. Freedom New Mexico Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified Sept. 24 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which...
We walk because they walk. That’s the philosophy behind today’s Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) walk. The fundraiser provides money to feed the hungry at local, national and global levels. It is estimated families in some countries walk an average six miles a day to get food and water, according to CROP walk organizers. Volunteers will walk 4.2 miles around Clovis beginning at 2 p.m. at the Master’s Center. Walkers can turn in their donations at the start of the walk. The event is sponsored by Church World...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Michelle Druba, left, and Heather Johnson were two of the six mothers who participated in the breastfeeding challenge Saturday at Greene Acres Park. Six women bared all Saturday in Clovis to support breastfeeding in public and compete in the Global Breastfeeding Challenge. The international event supports awareness of what proponents say are the benefits of breastfeeding. It is also an attempt to set a record for the most number of women breastfeeding in public at the same time. Tia Coenig... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo ENMU linebackers Texavier Henry, left, and Joey Mendez, top, and defensive back Mark Patterson team up to bring down Angelo State running back Michael Simpers during the second quarter of Saturday's game at Blackwater Draw. BLACKWATER DRAW — With homecoming upon it, Eastern New Mexico suffered a power outage. Visiting Angelo State held the Greyhounds’ high-powered offense scoreless until late in the third quarter, and salted the game away with a pair of defensive touchdowns in the fourt...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, exposing Social Security numbers and other private data. Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified several days ago... Full story
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, exposing Social Security numbers and other private data. Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified several days ago... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eastern quarterback J.J. Harp leads all of college football in total offense at 518 yards per game. Homecoming time is upon Eastern New Mexico University, as those with Greyhound ties come back and feel at one with the football team. It’s almost that way for sophomore Matt Handler — except he’s on the roster. As Angelo State comes to Greyhound Stadium, Handler gets to put on the green and silver for the first time since 2008, when the Greyhounds went 2-9 and were adjusting to the spr...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eric Lucero is the new Animal Control Officer for the city of Clovis. Lucero previously worked with animal control from 1998-2004. Eric Lucero began his second stint as an Animal Control Officer with the city of Clovis on Aug. 24. Lucero said he enjoys serving the community with his work. Then and now: I worked here from 1998 to 2004. Then I worked in health care and in the restaurant business at Pizza Hut. I came back because it was a really good job. I heard there were a lot of changes made...
