Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Leave it to career bureaucrats to make a federal case out of a little wildlife problem. The federal government’s answer to an exploding elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park is typically complicated and unnecessarily expensive, with the Park Service planning to hire specialized sharpshooters, at undoubtedly inflated rates, to cull the herd gradually over many years, at an estimated cost of $18 million. U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., who has senatorial ambitions, has a better idea. Udall wants to take a more c...
Twenty-one percent of New Mexicans are without health insurance, according to the Web site www.statehealthfacts.org. But, help is on the way. The “Help is Here Express,” a national bus tour sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research companies that helps low-income people find programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free, will be in Clovis from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The “Help is Here Express” bus is staffed by highly trained specialists able to assist lo...
Three Melrose women were arrested early Sunday morning when Curry County Sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant discovered more than half a pound of marijuana, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release. Carey Sumner, 28, Chantille Woods, 37, and Dianna Points, 59, were released later in the day on $6,000 bonds, according to jail officials. Phone listings for the three women could not be located. The warrant served on a home at 425 Eighth Street in Melrose was part of a narcotics investigation conducted by the she... Full story
Editor’s note: This report contains language that some readers may find offensive. A Cannon Air Force Base captain was sentenced to one year of military confinement and will be dismissed from the Air Force after he was found guilty of molesting an 8-year-old boy, according to base officials. Capt. Robert Bitner, 30, was convicted of engaging in an indecent act with a male under age 16 by court martial Feb. 10, a Monday press release from Cannon said. Bitner was serving at Cannon as a physician’s assistant with the 27th Med... Full story
A couple who live on the outskirts of Bovina have more than one reason for installing a wind turbine in their back yard. Tony Neal and his wife, Dottie, installed the 41-foot wind generator in January. The trailblazing couple hope it will cut their energy costs in half, help the environment and generate business. They are the first in West Texas to install this brand of turbine — a Skystream 3.7 produced by Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz. The couple paid $9,000 to buy and install the Skystream 3.7, Tony Neal said. D...
Visitors attending the first day of the 15th annual New Mexico Ag Expo in Portales today can receive useful information on a common problem facing farmers and ranchers of the Southwest — drought. New Mexico State University extension range management specialist Chris Allison will lead the seminar “Planning For the Next Drought” at 11 a.m. in the Yucca room of the Jake Lopez Community Center at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. “When a drought hits, everybody is in the same boat in trying to get through it and survive the bes...
The Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College has several upcoming workshops for small business owners and self-employed individuals as well as one for commercial loan officers, according to its Web site. • A two-session QuickBooks basic workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and March 17 at Clovis Community College, Room 108. The fee is $80 for both days. • A free workshop on New Mexico gross receipts tax compliance is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 8 at CCC in Room 103. • A...
Name: When You Have Everything What they do: They sell apparel, handbags, footwear, home decor and gifts; and do manicures, pedicures and ion cleanses. Who’s in charge: Owners are Taryn Dedeaux and Vicki Tipton, daughter and mother. How long in business: November 2005. How many employees: Three. Location: 1500 Pile St. Hours of business: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Contact: 769-2699, fax 769-3800, e-mail [email protected]. Of note: To be exclusive, owners say they won’t sell any brands available within a 200...
Tools & More makes move to N. Main Tools & More is moving in the next few weeks from 412 Commerce Way to 1314 N. Main St. just around the bend, according to owner Don Reid. Reid said he purchased the building at the new location, which will have about the same showroom space but five times more back-room area as the current location, which he had leased. He has operated the retail store since November 2003, he said, and offers toys, cutting boards and cast-iron cookware as well as tools, including pink tool kits designed for...
Staff and wire reports SANTA FE — The Senate has confirmed Beverlee McClure as the state’s first secretary of higher education, but several Democrats and Republicans voted against her nomination. A 2005 law created the Higher Education department, which replaced the appointive Commission on Higher Education. McClure served as president of Clovis Community College from 1999-2005 before Gov. Bill Richardson named her higher education secretary. McClure, who was appointed in 2005 to the higher education job, is paid $157,497 a y... Full story
The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees election for District 1 and District 4 seats will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 6. Early voting at the Curry County Courthouse ends Friday. The following questions were posed to candidates. Gayla Brumfield and Dr. Ken Merritt are vying to represent District 1, and Charles Guthals and Ray Mondragon are vying to represent District 4. — Compiled by CNJ staff writer Marlena Hartz District 1 Dr. Ken Merritt is the owner and practitioner of a dental practice. Q: Tell us about a s...
More than half of the VIP tickets for the sneak preview of “Believe in Me” have been sold, according to Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Jenni Gee. “As of 2:11 p.m. (Monday),” Gee said, “we have sold 393 tickets out of the 600 available.” The tickets, which went on sale at 8 a.m. Monday, include a March 8 viewing of “Believe in Me” and a 7:30 p.m. VIP reception at the Clovis Civic Center. The reception is a Hollywood-style event that will feature champagne and hors d’oeuvres, according to Chamber spokes...
Clovis awoke to more than an inch of snow on the ground – a little surprising since temperatures had been in the mid-60s the day before. … Fred Harman, creator of the Red Ryder comic strip, which ran 25 years, was in Clovis promoting his new career as an oil painter. … Voters approved a $2.25 million bond election, allowing for construction of 91 new classrooms, including 46 at the high school and 14 at a planned new elementary school, which became Zia Elementary in 1966. … Mary Carter Paint Store in Hilltop Plaza adverti...
New Mexico territorial Gov. George Curry officially declared Clovis a city, by proclamation. … Theodore Roosevelt was in his next-to-last day as U.S. president. New Mexico was almost three years away from becoming a state. … E.R. Hart, the manager of a lumber company, was chairman of Clovis’ Board of Trustees. … The city’s population was about 3,000. … Clovis’ first school, built at Seventh and Axtell, was already too small to hold all of the city’s students. A new building joined the original later in the year....
The Feb. 21 front-page article, “Smoker’s fuming” was heavy on smoke-filled opinion and void of facts. Randi Kingston, a waitress at Webb’s Watering Hole, was quoted saying she was concerned it would greatly affect business. Sixteen states have now banned smoking in public places along with many cities including New York City. According to the 2006 Surgeon General’s Report, adopting smoke-free workplace policies is a wise business decision. The results of all credible studies show that smoke-free policies do not have a ne...
New Mexico lawmakers were considering a bill requiring automobile safety restraints for children under 5. Clovis health officials were loaning car seats at no charge. … The Clovis News-Journal cost a quarter, even on Sundays. … Clovis High’s Grand Concert was scheduled for 7 p.m. at Rock Staubus Gym. Cost was $2 for adults and $1 for students. … The Video Stop at 1709 Mabry Drive was renting home video movies for 99 cents on Wednesdays – one night only....
A smallpox scare was beginning to reach “serious proportion,” The Clovis Journal reported. The newspaper did not estimate the number afflicted with the disease but a headline reported “Many avoid quarantine by not reporting disease.” Health officials warned they were considering a ban on Clovis residents leaving town by train. The epidemic was reported under control about two weeks later. … Clovis Bakery was preparing “the things you like.” The roster of goodies included whipped cream puffs, layer cakes, macaroons and... Full story
A Nara Visa bank robbery suspect was being held in the Curry County Jail. He said he won the $1,400 in cash police found in his socks while gambling in Oklahoma. … Slaughter Murray, owner of a Clovis confectionery, inadvertently sent pupils at Eugene Field School scurrying from their classrooms. He was looking for the school principal and rang a bell in hopes of attracting attention – which he did, having sounded the fire alarm. … City Bakery was offering bread “like grandma used to bake.... Full story
“Love, American Style,” was among television show options. Start time was 9 p.m. on KOAT-TV Channel 7. … George M. Lake was pastor at First Church of the Nazarene, 12th and Rencher. Sunday school classes started at 9:30 a.m. with worship service at 10:40 a.m. each Sunday … Fred R. Williams was pastor at St. John Baptist, 401 Edwards. Sunday school started at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 11 on Sundays. … Rex Hennington was the new head football coach at Clovis High. He was the Wildcats’ line coach in 1969....
Clovis’ newest city commissioners were James. B. Moss, James R. Dickenson, Jay Michael Johnson and Patrick C. Sandoval. Russell Muffley beat nine other candidates for the municipal judgeship. The March 6 election brought out 4,128 voters. … A Rotan, Texas, woman won the “name the cup contest” sponsored by Clovis-based Allsup’s convenience stores. She selected “Tallsup” for 32-ounce drinks and earned $500....
I’m in a fortunate position where I can expend 500 to 600 words reflecting on whatever I want. Sometimes, a thought of mine simply isn’t enough to fill that word amount. So here’s a bunch of thoughts worth sharing but not worth their own column: • If somebody lures you into a talk about the 2008 presidential campaign and you want a quick way out, look at your watch, pause a few seconds and say, “Well, my watch tells me that party conventions are still 16 months away, and I’m betting the energy we’d spend talking about them no...
John Negroponte, who is leaving as national director of intelligence to return to a State Department position, may have performed a signal service to his country in an unusually detailed policy directive for intelligence analysis. However, as constructive as his guidelines are, they do not provide a foolproof protection against misuse of intelligence by a future administration. It is hardly a secret that the U.S. intelligence community failed both to identify dramatically enough the kind of threat that materialized Sept. 11,... Full story
Shelia Smith of Roswell drives her pink 1955 Farmall tractor in the parade at the New Mexico Ag Expo Tuesday in Portales. (Freedom Newspapers: Karl Terry) Nestled among the antique tractors on display at the 15th annual New Mexico Ag Expo was a 1955 Farmall 400 tractor belonging to Connie Mac and Shelia Smith of Roswell. The pink — yes, pink — tractor stood out in the midst of the green, red and orange tractors also on display. Purchased to use as a pulling tractor, the rusty tractor was restored and painted pink since it...
Editorial Leave it to career bureaucrats to make a federal case out of a little wildlife problem. The federal government’s answer to an exploding elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park is typically complicated and unnecessarily expensive, with the Park Service planning to hire specialized sharpshooters, at undoubtedly inflated rates, to cull the herd gradually over many years, at an estimated cost of $18 million. U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., who has senatorial ambitions, has a better idea. Udall wants to take a m... Full story
Leadership New Mexico is accepting applications for the 2007-2008 Core Program. The Leadership New Mexico Core program is a 10-month program designed to identify, teach and challenge established leaders of the state with a curriculum that addresses critical issues affecting New Mexico, according to news release. Clovis graduates include Curry County Manager Dick Smith, Mayor David Lansford and Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos. Clovis Schools’ Superintendent Rhonda Seindenwurm is c...
