Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Pedro Escobar grew up in El Salvador and came to the United States in 1978 at the age of 30 to follow God’s call to pursue the ministry. Longtime Clovis pastor Pedro Escobar has been selected to join the Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff as its new regional Spanish strategist for eastern New Mexico. Escobar, husband of 44 years and father of four, said he is excited about the new position. “I feel honored with this new position,” he said. Escobar said the convention sought him out...
Pastor Gary Piepkorn was a chaplain at Cannon Air Force Base when the Faith in Christ Lutheran Church in Portales opened. Piepkorn moved away from Cannon and after several years, retired from the service at Onizuka Air Station in California. Around the time he retired, Faith in Christ Lutheran Church needed a pastor and they remembered Piepkorn and called on him to fill their need. Blessings for the commission: I say the prayer before each Roosevelt County Commission meeting. I like it, it keeps me apprised of what’s going on... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Joe Wilson of Clovis said he refused to let his wheelchair stop him from attending the Curry County Fair with his grandchildren this year. This year, nothing will make Joe Wilson happier than to join a brigade of handicap residents with walkers, canes and wheelchairs in line at the Curry County Fair’s ticket booths. After his wheelchair led him to skip the fair last year for the first time in more than 40 years, Wilson said he was compelled to do something about it. And now, in c... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Gary Piepkorn served 37 years in the Air Force, Navy Reserves, Coast Guard Reserves and active duty. Pastor Gary Piepkorn was a chaplain at Cannon Air Force Base when the Faith in Christ Lutheran Church in Portales opened. Piepkorn was transferred from Cannon and after several years, retired from the service at Onizuka Air Station in California. Around the time he retired, Faith in Christ Lutheran Church needed a pastor and they remembered Piepkorn and called on him to fill their need. Blessi...
Clovis Municipal Schools announced that six employees have moved to different positions with the system, according to a news release. Each position will begin with the start of the 2009-2010 school year. • Tamara Moore Callahan, special education liaison, will moved into the position of Executive Director of Student Support Services. • Esther Steinle, assistant principal of Clovis High School, will moved into the position of assistant principal at Yucca Middle School. • Mike Rutledge, assistant principal of the...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis educators are urging students to read through the summer, which Yucca Middle School seventh-grader Hanna Langan said won’t be a problem for her. “I like sad stories,” she said. Clovis educators are reminding students that summer vacation doesn’t mean it’s time to drop the books and sit on the couch. At least, not entirely. “Yes, kids should relax and unwind,” Yucca Middle School Principal Alan Dropps said. “But it’s not time to become a couch potato.” Dropps said i...
Freedom New Mexico Nakesha Ross is headed to Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico to major in pre-medicine, and possibly double major in psychology. She said she wants to be a general surgeon or work in a hospital emergency room. Graduation couldn’t come soon enough for Nakesha Ross. She’s ready to head on to the next chapter of her life. She’ll take her first steps as she walks across the stage today, along with 350 graduates of Clovis High School. Though the end of this chapter of her life is something she is excit...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis police responded to I HOP Restaurant around 3 p.m. after a woman drove her vehicle into the restaurant's building. Clovis Police officer Roland Kroeger retrieves insurance and general information from Jesus Hita after his wife drove their vehicle into the I HOP Restaurant late Friday afternoon. There were no injuries. Kroeger said Elizabeth Hita pressed the gas pedal when she intended to press the brake as she pulled into a parking space at the restaurant....
The Clovis Municipal Schools creation of a labor management board Tuesday was in response to the National Education Association’s potential to seek collective bargaining, Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm said. The National Education Association, a public sector union, came to Clovis in March to resurrect its following. Consultant Andres Becerra said the NEA was strong in Clovis about eight years ago when it had about 50 percent membership among teachers. Only 18 percent of Clovis’ teachers are members today, he said. “We’ve s...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Third-grader D.J. Grayson finally found his butterfly in the maze of over 500 butterflies that makes up a mural in honor of third grade teacher Kendra Lennon who left the school in November to battle cancer. When Kendra Lennon left Mesa Elementary School to fight cancer, her students and fellow teachers knew they wanted to do something special for her. So they painted her a mural in a hallway. The mural covers two walls from floor to ceiling and features a pink sunset covered with more than...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education on Tuesday resurrected a local labor management relations board. Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm said the board would serve as a go-between between a union and the district. The board will be made up of three people, Seidenwurm said. One member would be a nomination by the superintendent, one would be a nominee from a labor organization and those two members would choose the third. Andres Becerra, National Education Association consultant for the southeast region of New...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo During his visit to Clovis Tuesday, Gov. Bill Richardson said he intends to secure $5 million in funding needed to repair the Hull Street overpass. Gov. Bill Richardson on Tuesday stopped short of promising, but said he intends to secure $5 million needed to repair the Hull Street Overpass. “I believe,” Richardson said, “the governor, me, that it looks very good, but it’s not yet done, that I’ll get you the 5 million.” The governor was in Clovis as part of a statewide listening tour. Richards...
CNJ photo illustration: Liliana Castillo New Mexico American Water will increase its rates Thursday. Clovis’ water rates are going up. New Mexico American Water has announced it will raise its rates 15 percent after receiving approval from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. According to an NMAW news release, changes will result in additional revenue of $1.36 million annually. The increase goes into effect on Thursday. The average customer uses around 9,000 gallons a month and customers in that range will see an i...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Macrodermabrasion removes layers of dead skin cells, allowing new cells to reproduce at a quicker rate, giving skin a fresh, younger look. Dr. Donald Brown didn’t become a dermatologist to give Botox injections or photofacials. But when his patients began inquiring about those services, he decided to offer them. “That’s not my (main) business,” he said. “It’s just something I do extra for them.” Brown opened Clovis Dermatology in 1994 and began expanding his services to include aesthetic ser...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Breanna Tolley gave birth to her first child Thursday. Tolley said she thought she was ready for motherhood until she saw her daughter, Cambree Tolley. Thinking of Mother’s Day always meant thinking about someone else for Breanna Tolley. Until Thursday night. At 8:19 p.m., Tolley gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Cambree Tolley. After four years of trying to get pregnant, and two weeks before Tolley and her husband, Sam, were going to turn to in vitro fertilization, Tolley d...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Katy Marteny took her passion for helping people to mortuary school in Nebraska. She works as one of the few female funeral service practitioner in Clovis. Katy Marteny, 24, is one of the few female funeral service practitioners in Clovis. She took her passion for helping people to mortuary school in Nebraska. Marteny and her husband relocated to Clovis in January 2008 when her husband got a job with the railroad. One woman band: As funeral service practitioners, we do everything. We help...
Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 763-4400. Word and power conference — 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Master’s Conference Room. Information: 763-5215 Sunday Worship service — 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Central Baptist Church Sunday school — 9:30 a.m., Living Stones Community Church of the Nazarene Worship service — 10:30 a.m., Living Stones Community Church of the Nazarene Men’s non-denominational bible class — 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m., North Plains Mall... Full story
Wayne Marshall will take over as Clovis High principal in July. Wayne Marshall likes a challenge. In his life, he’s been a member of the Air Force, cycled cross country, been an elementary school teacher and a principal at two grade levels. For his next challenge, Marshall will take the helm as the new principal at Clovis High School. Marshall is replacing Jody Balch, who is retiring. Marshall, a husband of 23 years and father of four, takes the Clovis helm July 1. Currently, Marshall works as the Moriarity High School p...
Courtesy photo Eastern New Mexico University graduates Michelle Tomlinson and Landall Goolsby, shown above in the movie “Backfire,” will present an Acting for the Camera workshop. Eastern New Mexico University is hosting the second annual High Plains Film Festival 8 a.m. Sunday in the University Theatre Center. Special guests are ENMU alumni and professional actors Michelle Tomlinson and Landall Goolsby, as well as documentary filmmaker Erin Hudson and producer Jon LeBlanc. The festival begins with workshops... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University is hosting the second annual High Plains Film Festival 8 a.m. Sunday in the University Theatre Center. Special guests are ENMU alumni and professional actors Michelle Tomlinson and Landall Goolsby, as well as documentary filmmaker Erin Hudson and producer Jon LeBlanc. The festival begins with workshops presented by industry professionals. Workshops require pre-registration. The Film Festival begins at 8 a.m. with a Documentary Production Workshop with Hudson of Rotation Films and LeBlanc. At 10:1...
Mark Moore Academy senior Nathan Mowery of Rhea, Texas, was named a National Merit finalist. Mowery intends to attend LeTourneau University to study electrical engineering and computer science. Mowery was awarded a full tuition scholarship by the school. Education Digest is compiled by CNJ staff writer Liliana Castillo. She may be contacted at 763-6991, or by e-mail: [email protected]...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Yucca Middle School seventh-grader Taya Leeder made a quilt out of recycled T-shirts as a Recycle and Redesign project for FCCLA. Leeder won a gold medal at state for her project. When Guy Leeder died in April 2007, his family couldn’t part with the stacks of softball team T-shirts the softball enthusiast had collected over the years. The shirts became garage fodder until his granddaughter decided to put them to use for a Family Career Community Leaders of America project this year. Taya L... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Annette Garcia was diagnosed with leukemia January 18, 2008. She said she leans on her husband and daughter Destiny, 7, for support. After three or four dizzy spells that prevented her from working, driving and even walking, Annette Garcia decided it was time to go to the doctor. She thought it could be complications from a gastric bypass surgery. Perhaps severe allergies. Everything crossed her mind, except cancer. When the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia came back, Garcia said the... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Clovis resident Dawn Smith’s home was burglarized Wednesday. The suspect rummaged through the house, throwing the computer to the ground, stepping on the monitor and took about 50 DVDs, among other things. “There she is,” Dawn Smith remembers hearing as her neighbor’s young daughter pointed at a blue van driving down North Oak street in front of their home. “Bless their hearts, they took off after her,” she recalled, describing how, like a flash, neighbors were running after the van,...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Marilyn Belcher prefers reading to watching television. Marilyn Belcher, Clovis-Carver Public Library director, has been working in libraries since high school. She grew up helping her mother run the Elida Public Library. Then, in high school and college, she worked at both those libraries. Working in libraries is the only work she’s ever done, and she likes it that way. Interdepartmental work: I was hired in the circulation department at the Clovis library in 1985. I worked in circulation f...
