Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Roosevelt County Commissioners gave final authorization of bonds for the wind power plant outside of Elida, which will bring electricity to Excel customers in eastern New Mexico, west Texas and Oklahoma. The commissioners unanimously approved the authorization, 5-0, on Tuesday during the county meeting. Construction has already started on the $160 million San Juan Mesa wind power plant. Padoma Wind Power company of La Jolla, Calif is constructing the San Juan Mesa power plant. The bonds are to be paid off by private...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The Mexican culture was in full display in the city of Portales in the eastern plains of New Mexico on Sunday with the “Dia de las Familias” fiesta. The music was on display with rap and Tejano music. People said they enjoyed the food, carne asada and rice. A look into the crowd revealed people dressed in various clothing ranging from black felt hats and blue jeans to caps tilted sideways with jerseys and baggy jeans. A mixture of young and old, new and traditional, marked the occasion. Peo...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Portales city officials will at least explore solutions to combat the wear and tear on First and Second streets in Portales. The decision was made during the city council meeting on Monday evening. They will do it with $250,000 received through 2005 capital outlay funds from Gov. Bill Richardson and Rep. Joe Campos, D-Santa Rosa for a solution. Many solutions are bieng considered, including a truck by-pass on U.S. Highway 70. Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega said Campos felt after many discussions...
Hope. Latino leaders from around the United States traveled to Portales to try to instill that in the young Hispanics of New Mexico during the first Latino Summit on the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Friday. Approximately 500 high school students from Portales High School, Clovis High School, West Mesa High School, Espanola Valley High School, Roswell High School and other high schools in New Mexico attended the Latino summit for guidance and help in determining a path. “I like when they were showing pride (about t... Full story
Hope. Latino leaders from around the United States traveled to Portales to try to instill that in the young Hispanics of New Mexico during the first Latino Summit on the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Friday. Approximately 500 high school students from Portales High School, Clovis High School, West Mesa High School, Espanola Valley High School, Roswell High School and other high schools in New Mexico attended the Latino summit for guidance and help in determining a path. “I like when they were showing pride (about t... Full story
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The Shillings’ family is anxious to open the new Territorial Restaurant and family members are hoping to have it open approximately two to three weeks from Wednesday. Harold was wanting to open the restaurant earlier in the summer, but because of some plumbing and electrical issues the opening was delayed. He said the plumbing work is almost finished. Harold will have the help of his sons Mark and Brad Shillings. Brad said he and Mark grew up in the restaurant business. Harold is the former o...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Hispanics from around the state of New Mexico will gather in Portales for many of the festivities celebrating Mexican Independence Day on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. There will be a ballet folklorico from Miguel Caro and his dancers from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Dallan Sanders patio area behind the Campus Union Building on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. There will be fireworks, which will be the colors of the Mexican flag, red, white and green, after the ballet folklorico at...
Portales community leaders decided they will combine efforts with various Clovis organizations to raise money for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster through the High Plains Yard Sale. The High Plains Yard Sale will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the Curry County Fairgrounds. Dan Williams, a health educator for the New Mexico Department of Health, said the Clovis people wanted to extend an invitation to Portales people to contribute items to the yard sale and raise money for the Hurricane Katrina...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer After more than 20 years of service for the Portales Fire Department, Jesse Mowrer is hanging up his fire hat and putting away his boots to spend more time with his family. Mowrer has worked for the fire department for almost 21 years in different capacities ranging from firefighter, emergency management director, battalion chief to fire chief. Mowrer’s resignation will be effective Oct. 1. Mowrer said retirement will allow him to spend more time with his daughters and attend their activities s...
The new communications building at Eastern New Mexico University will be a tremendous upgrade from the current communications building, according to Jeff Burmeister, TV Broadcast Engineering Director for KENW. Burmeister has regular meetings with Scott Smart, Vice President for Business Affairs at ENMU, to discuss the status of the construction of the new building. The KENW television and radio broadcasts take place in the current building. Burmeister said he meets daily with the construction foreman to make sure there are no...
In the midst of concrete and asphalt in the city of Portales there is the essence of nature and eastern New Mexico agriculture — a peanut field. The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service has a demonstration plot off of the Floyd highway, just east of La Casa de Buena Salud and on Thursday it was one of the stops during the NMSU peanut field day tour. The plot contains green peanut plants of various sizes and appearances because the plants are being grown and treated in different ways. Members of the N...
Ronald Henning of Nitragin, based in Oklahoma, gestures towards a peanut demonstration plot during Thursday’s peanut day sponsored by New Mexico State University. (Freedom Newspapers: Kevin Wilson) PORTALES — In the midst of concrete and asphalt in the city of Portales there is the essence of nature and eastern New Mexico agriculture — a peanut field. The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service has a demonstration plot off of the Floyd highway, just east of La Casa de Buena Salud and on Thursday it was o... Full story
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The Orcutts can’t imagine being without Leroy, their horse, and neither can the people who attend the Roosevelt County Fair for many years. Leroy, a 26-year-old Gotland (breed of horse), is to the Roosevelt County Fair what the Bald Eagle is to the United States. He’s a symbol of the fair. One member or another of the Orcutt family has shown Leroy at the fair for 21 consecutive years. Roosevelt County residents Richard and Joan Orcutt own the Gotland, along with 14 other horses. Joan said it was h...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer A pair of high school teams will step onto the field tonight at Greyhound Stadium looking for complete reversals of last season’s outcomes. The Portales Rams will go up against the West Las Vegas Dons in their home season opener at 7 p.m. “It means a lot to me,” starting quarterback Mario Salazar said about playing at home. “We want to start the season on the right track.” Salazar started last season as the backup behind Tyler Rutherford, and now steps into a leadership role as one of the key r...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Pioneer Days started with a slow attendance of about 60 people who enjoyed the music but after the music was over at around 11 a.m. some late arrivals and senior citizens from the Heartland Care Center nursing home brought that number up over 100 people. Joy Gardner, president of the Pioneer Association, helped host Pioneer Days . During each celebration the Pioneer of the Year Award goes out to one man and one woman who has helped with the fair through their many years of living in Roosevelt... Full story
Kids’ eyes will light up today as the carnival rides will be at full-throttle for the first day of the Roosevelt County Fair. County residents can begin getting on the carnival rides, starting at 5 p.m. at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. The Murphy Brothers Expo ,with the help of Reed Expositions, will have carnival rides Wednesday through Sunday. Every day the carnival workers will have the rides from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., except on Saturday. On Saturday the rides will be from noon to 11 p.m. Carnival workers continued to s... Full story
Pioneer Days is long-standing feature of the Roosevelt County Fair honoring community involvement and pioneering spirit. The Pioneer of the Year Awards will be presented during the a gathering of Roosevelt County pioneers at 9 a.m. Thursday at Jake Lopez Building at the fairgrounds. Howell Merrick and Elrie Capps were honored in 2003 and Walter and Ida Jean Clark and Rowena Crume-Preuit were the 2004 winners. There will be music and entertainment which starts at 9:30 a.m. Pioneer Association President Joy Gardner said the... Full story
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Roosevelt County residents looking forward to watching cars slamming into each other as part of the demolition derby will instead have to settle for 75-foot backflips and motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle races Saturday night during the Roosevelt County Fair. The Portales Arenacross is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Last year, the demolition derby drew 25 entries after drawing 11 in 2003. Demolition derby coordinator Scott Turner said approximately 2,500 people attended last year’s e...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Dora students had an eventful — and delayed — first day of school Monday. Instead of learning math and English sitting at desks in a room with a chalkboard, a leaky roof forced classes to be held in the stands of Guy Luscombe Gymnasium, among basketballs, basketball goals and championship trophies. It is a learning environment they will have to contend with for at least two more weeks while the roof at the high school is being repaired, Dora Superintendent Jim Reed said. Dora High classes wer...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Principals are reporting higher enrollment numbers throughout the Portales School District after the first four days of school. Todd Morris, Valencia Elementary principal, said there is a slight increase at Valencia Elementary with 210 fourth-grade students and 223 fifth-grade students, totaling 433 students. The fourth-grade students have hit the ground running. Some fourth-grade students were in a computer workshop on Friday afternoon with the A+ software. Carol Purifoy who works in the...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer The Recreation Board Committee on Thursday unanimously approved the Portales Recreation Center parking lot as the new site for the city’s skatepark. A proposal with design and costs still needs to be presented before the Portales City Council for final approval. Members of the Portales Skatepark Organization agreed with the choice at Thursday’s meeting. The Rotary Park location will remain until a new park is completed. Also, the groups are still discussing whether or not skate park users would ne...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Roosevelt County residents will be able to enjoy the livestock shows and arts and crafts on display at the fair beginning on Tuesday, but much of the work behind the scenes has already been done. The Roosevelt County Fair begins Tuesday and ends Aug. 27. Roosevelt County 4-H Agent Patrick Kircher said for the children and teens who enter in their projects for the fair, preparation happens year-round. “Everyone’s anxious,” Kircher said about the fair. “Everybody participates in it because they en...
Staff and wire reports Jaime Garza said his son wanted to be in the military since he was youngster growing up in Portales watching planes take off from Cannon Air Force Base. Army Pfc. Damian Garza, 19, of Odessa, Texas, died Thursday in Afghanistan after his vehicle slid off the road into a river near Jalalabad. It was Garza’s second tour of duty in Afghanistan. “He’d always tell us he’d be flying one of those or a helicopter — or jumping out of one,” said Jaime Garza of Odessa. “We thought he was crazy, but he just said... Full story
A Portales city councilor is hospitalized following surgery Wednesday to remove cancerous tumors in his colon, officials said. Alfred Bachicha, 79, was diagnosed with cancer on Tuesday and taken to the Amarillo Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, City Manager Debi Lee said. “Our family has always been faith driven,” Chris Bachicha said. “You have to keep your faith in God that everything will be OK.” Chris Bachicha said his father had a heart attack four years ago. The only positive from the experience was that hi... Full story
A Portales city councilor is hospitalized following surgery Wednesday to remove cancerous tumors in his colon, officials said. Alfred Bachicha, 79, was diagnosed with cancer on Tuesday and taken to the Amarillo Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, City Manager Debi Lee said. “Our family has always been faith driven,” Chris Bachicha said. “You have to keep your faith in God that everything will be OK.” Chris Bachicha said his father had a heart attack four years ago. The only positive from the experience was that hi...
