Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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An Albuquerque engineering firm has looked at all of the alternatives for a renewable, cost-effective water source in eastern New Mexico and they have determined the Ute Water Pipeline Project to be the best option. CH2M Hill presented its findings during a public involvement meeting in the Memorial Building in Portales on Tuesday evening sponsored by the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority. Ute Project Manager Scott Verhines said the study was one of the requirements by U.S. government representatives if ENMRWA members... Full story
An Albuquerque engineering firm has looked at all of the alternatives for a renewable, cost-effective water source in eastern New Mexico and they have determined the Ute Water Pipeline Project to be the best option. CH2M Hill presented its findings during a public involvement meeting in the Memorial Building in Portales on Tuesday evening sponsored by the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority. Ute Project Manager Scott Verhines said the study was one of the requirements by U.S. government representatives if ENMRWA members...
One Eastern New Mexico University professor said George W. Bush’s decision to attack Iraq was based on oil. Another professor pointed to a history of the U.S. overthrowing governments. The arguments were part of a public forum on Monday evening on the ENMU campus to discuss the merits of the war in Iraq. It is the second in a four-part series of public forums at ENMU designed to encourage students to talk about global issues. Daniel Acheson-Brown, associate professor of political science, believes the Bush administration m...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer There is no shortage of events commemorating U.S. military veterans for the Portales area this week and into the weekend. The American Legion Post 31 and the American Legion Auxilary Unit 31 members are sponsoring “A Tribute to Veterans” program beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Friday in the Memorial Building in Portales. Joe Blair, commander of Post 31, has arranged to have Col. John Posner, Commander of the 27th Fighter Wing of Cannon Air Force Base, talk to the audience about the meaning of Vet...
Teen high school graduates set their minds on hanging out with friends, getting a job or going to college when they get their high school diplomas, but for one teen her mind was set on opening her own business. Crystal Martinez, an 18-year-old woman who graduated from Portales High School in May, operates Crystal’s store with the help of her parents, Isabel and Alfredo Martinez. The Martinez’s sell clothing, purses, boots, toys, quilts and kitchen accessories, just to name a few items in the store. Crystal went to the pod...
Experts in the Ute Water Pipeline project want to paint a clearer picture for eastern New Mexico residents so they can understand the need, costs and benefits of the proposed pipeline. They plan to do this with public meetings. The first of four meetings will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Memorial Building in Portales. The $300 million Ute Water Project would supply water from Ute Lake to communities in eastern New Mexico for municipal and industrial purposes. “The focus is on the technical information and the c...
Experts in the Ute Water Pipeline project want to paint a clearer picture for eastern New Mexico residents so they can understand the need, costs and benefits of the proposed pipeline. They plan to do this with public meetings. The first of four meetings will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Memorial Building in Portales. The $300 million Ute Water Project would supply water from Ute Lake to communities in eastern New Mexico for municipal and industrial purposes. “The focus is on the technical information and the c...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Four Portales people are hoping to help with health issues in the Portales community as members of the Roosevelt County General Hospital board, but only two of them will be chosen in Tuesday’s election. Positions are open in District 1 and District 2. Both positions are five-year terms running from 2006 to 2011. While District 1 has only one candidate on the ballot, there are three people running for election as District 2 representative. District 2 boundaries are from South Avenue C east to South...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Shannon Saltclah stood proud on Thursday night with her new crown sitting atop her head as the new Miss Native American Queen for the 2005-06 school year. Saltclah, a junior at Eastern New Mexico University, was selected as the new queen in front of a crowd in the Zia Room in the Campus Union Building. “I’m representing the Native Americans at Eastern and letting everyone know about our culture and trying to keep it alive,” Saltclah, who is a Navajo, said. Saltclah said one of the battles her p...
Tony Parra: Freedom Newspapers PORTALES — The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s office has dropped charges against a street preacher accused of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Deputy District Attorney Donna Mowrer dropped the charges on Oct. 19 in Portales Magistrate Court. Shawn Miller, 33, was arrested the morning of April 17 for causing a disturbance to motorists, according to Portales police reports. Officer Charles Smart was dispatched in reference to a subject yelling at passing vehicles. Miller repeatedly tol...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s office has dropped charges against a street preacher accused of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Deputy District Attorney Donna Mowrer dropped the charges on Oct. 19 in Portales Magistrate Court. Shawn Miller, 33, was arrested the morning of April 17 for causing a disturbance to motorists, according to Portales police reports. Officer Charles Smart was dispatched in reference to a subject yelling at passing vehicles. Miller repeatedly told Smart he didn...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer They fought for social justice. Decades later, they’re telling their stories so Portales won’t forget. Longtime Portales resident Dolores Penrod, a member of the Democratic Women of Roosevelt County and Voices of Democracy, helped organize “The Struggle for Social Justice in Roosevelt County” last Sunday at the Memorial Building. Some of those who attended volunteered and worked at Portales’ Community Services Center, which provides programing and assistance to those in poverty. October is the 40...
PORTALES — They fought for social justice. Decades later, they told their stories so Portales won’t forget. More than 100 people remembered Portales’ history and spoke out Sunday against how minority Portales residents were treated during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Portales resident Dolores Penrod, a member of the Democratic Women of Roosevelt County and Voices of Democracy, helped organize The Struggle for Social Justice in Roosevelt County last Sunday at the Memorial Building. “It was all of us working together that go...
Portales and Clovis residents who don’t speak English have access to free educational programs in their communities to help them learn. Instructors in the program say learning English is a vital skill in the workforce. Instructors hold English as a Second Language classes during the day as well as evenings to help accommodate work schedules. The classes are taught under the Adult Basic Education program at Clovis Community College. The program also helps students gain their General Educational Development certification. ...
Portales and Clovis residents who don’t speak English have access to free educational programs in their communities to help them learn. Instructors in the program say learning English is a vital skill in the workforce. Instructors hold English as a Second Language classes during the day as well as evenings to help accommodate work schedules. The classes are taught under the Adult Basic Education program at Clovis Community College. The program also helps students gain their General Educational Development certification. ...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Goblins, ghosts and ghouls will be roaming the hallways of buildings in Portales as part of the Halloween events planned for this weekend. The Portales Recreation Center workers will host their annual Spooktacular Haunted House from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. The cost is a $2 donation which will be used to purchase equipment for the recreation center. Parents will have two choices for their children to experience the scares of the tours. The Barney Haunted House is for young...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The United States Senate has approved a bill which includes $620,000 for science and technology equipment for Eastern New Mexico University. The bill, approved Thursday, needs the president’s signature for completion. This additional money would help ENMU officials purchase molecular and cellular biology equipment. James Constantopoulos, chair of the physical sciences department at ENMU, said the money will also be used to purchase microbiology, biochemistry, physical chemistry, anatomy and p...
Art enthusiasts will have an opportunity to admire sculpture works from a man whose bronze sculptures have been purchased by people from around the world during an open house from noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Curtis Ford, a sculptor, will travel to Portales and be at the Investments Out West Fine Art Gallery, which is owned by Sam and Marilyn Rigsby, where his work is on display. Investments Out West Fine Art Gallery also carries sculptures and paintings from different artists. Rusty Torgeson, art gallery director of... Full story
Destini Morgan, 10, pets miniature horse Snoopy on Friday at the home of Lexie Myers north of Clovis. Morgan, who suffers from a seizure disorder, has been riding with Mini Blessings for three years. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) A Clovis-based non-profit organization which tries to help children with disabilities in Roosevelt and Curry Counties wants to see if there is a way to get funding through the city of Portales. Mini Blessings, a non-profit organization which offers horse-riding therapy for disabled children and some adul... Full story
The Yam Theater may once again be full of life like it was in the 1950s after United States congress members took a step toward allocating $200,000 to renovate the building this week. The Senate on Thursday approved the fiscal year 2006 spending bill that funds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has $200,000 included in it for the Yam Movie Palace. “It’s a community project with collaboration from the city,” Greg Erf of the Portales Main Street Organization said. “We were looking for a project...
A Clovis-based non-profit organization which tries to help children from Roosevelt and Curry Counties with disabilities wants to see if there is a way to get funding through the City of Portales. Mini Blessings a non-profit organization which offers horse-riding therapy for disabled children and some adultss. Lexie Meyers and Kathy Stallings of Mini Blessings provide horses, sometimes miniature horses, for the children to ride. The organization has been in operation for more than two years, but since they work on a...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Panelists from Clovis and Portales used a forum on Thursday evening to encourage victims of domestic violence to step forward. It took Debbie Vinson, a former victim of domestic violence, more than eight years to do it, but she did it. Professionals from Roosevelt and Curry County who deal with domestic violence victims answered questions from audience members to try to create awareness of the problem during the forum at Becky Sharp Auditorium on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. They...
PORTALES — Panelists from Clovis and Portales used a forum on Thursday evening to encourage victims of domestic violence to step forward. It took Debbie Vinson, a former victim of domestic violence, more than eight years to do it, but she did it. Professionals who deal with domestic violence victims answered questions from audience members to try to create awareness of the problem during the forum at Becky Sharp Auditorium on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. Vinson recounted a time when her ex-husband pointed a g... Full story
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The Portales Recreation Center was constructed to provide something to do for the children of Portales, and Thursday the children took full advantage of it. Portales children had light bulbs painted on their faces, decorated pumpkins, had their hair spray-painted as part of the first Lights on Afterschool program. Sabrina Montoya and Monique Ruiz, both 10-year-olds, were two of the first children to get their faces painted. “They did a good job of painting my face,” Montoya said. Shortly aft... Full story
A hill located near Lingo will be forever be designated as Buffalo Soldier Hill on federal maps in honor of African-American members of the U.S. Cavalry. Lingo is 40 miles southeast of Portales, near the Texas border. “This means no name other than Buffalo Soldier Hill may appear on federal maps,” said Bob Julyan, chair of the New Mexico Geographic Names Committee, who presented the proposal to change the name on Oct. 12 in Portland, Ore. “In my more than 15 years as chair of the N.M. Geographic Names Committee, I’ve encounte... Full story
