Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Freedom New Mexico: Tony Bullocks Satiago Marshall of Clovis takes part in a recent lifeguard training class at the Clovis Aquatic Center. Once certified, he said he wants to become a lifeguard at the center. With warmer temperatures and summer on the way, more and more children and adults will be seeking refuge from the heat and fun in the sun at pools and lakes throughout the region. Potter Park Pool has been cleaned and inspected and is opening at 1 p.m. today. The Portales city pool opened earlier this week. Cindy Meeks,...
Encanto Garden Club The Encanto Garden Club met May 13 at a club member’s home. Hostesses were Jayne Rybolt and B.J. Goodwin. A program on petal potpourri was given. Jackie Wuest called the meeting to order and led a discussion of business. Ruth Burns gave a report on the city cleanup drive, which the club assisted by helping to register participants. Jayne Rybolt led the group in several games involving flowers and petals. She instructed the group in making potpourri from flower petals collected by Goodwin. Scent was a...
Altrusa Altrusa International Inc. of Clovis received the Distinguished Club Award at the District 10 Conference held May 1-3 in Clovis. The Distinguished Club award recognizes a club’s activity and productivity at every level of program involvement. Mary Weigl, vice president said some of the programs local Altrusans were involved in are “First Time Mothers,” which provides young mothers ages 12-20 with baby baskets, “Fresh Start,” a program that provides domestic abuse survivors with a laundry basket containing household...
With warmer temperatures and summer on the way, more and more children and adults will be seeking refuge from the heat and fun in the sun at pools and lakes throughout the region. Potter Park Pool has been cleaned and inspected and is opening at 1 p.m. today. The Portales city pool opened earlier this week. Cindy Meeks, interim director of the American Red Cross office in Clovis, wants to get the word out about the importance of knowing how to stay safe in and around the water. “I was an aquatics director for 15 years and I...
Finch-Boling Laurie Kathryn Finch of Sacramento, Calif., and Michael Jay Boling of Farwell were joined in marriage March 29, 2008, at a men’s club in Sacramento. The Rev. Joe Magliato performed the Christian wedding ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Jack and Christine Finch of Garden Grove, Calif. The bridegroom is the son of the late Billy Ray Boling and Frances Boling. Maid of honor was Kathy Finch. Bridesmaids were Donna Purvis and Mona Cooper. Bestman was John Christopher Joe. Groomsmen were John Boling and John M...
Bell Winnie May Bell of Lubbock and formerly of Clovis, will celebrate her 100th birthday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Advent Christian Church, 2101 E. 21st St. The celebration will be hosted by her son, Willie, and all of her grandchildren. Winnie May Bell was born May 7, 1908, in Amherst, Texas. She has one son, three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The celebration is open to friends and relatives....
Meador Lizette Elizabeth Meador of Clovis received her bachelor’s degree from West Texas A&M University on May 10. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Meador of Clovis and the granddaughter of the late Raymond Meador and Onie Meador of Clovis and the late Alma Walker and Leon and Clara Walker of Aspermont, Texas. South Plains Junior College James Daniel Gonzales, Molly Bly Spencer and Christine Alicia Young, all of Clovis, were awarded an associate degree from South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas, during a M...
The following books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: Cricket in the Web: The 1949 Unsolved Murder that Unraveled Politics in New Mexico by Paula Moore reveals how the discovery of the body of an 18-year-old waitress in a shallow grave near Mesquite launched a series of court trials that would expose political corruption and reshape the direction of New Mexico’s civil rights law. Gathering Roses by Ellen Weisberg explores the pursuit of love and friendship as journalist Lori Solomon dumps a loving, stable b...
Reed-Caton Joe and Becky Reed of Melrose announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Robin Reed of Melrose, to Steve Caton of Ragland. He is the son of Fred and Rita Caton of Ragland. The couple will exchange vows at 5 p.m. June 7, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Melrose. A reception will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Melrose. The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Melrose High School. She is a student at Eastern New Mexico University. The prospective groom is a 2002...
Wicker Skyla BrieAnn Wicker was born Dec. 13, 2007, to Grayson and Shara Wicker of Sweetwater, Texas, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents are Jerry and Doris Wicker of Clovis and Brad and Debbie Hunton of Portales....
Last week, this column centered on the contributions of teachers to the lives and futures of students and included a statement concerning how school provides a structured and organized, thus safe, environment for many children. It would take up valuable space to describe in detail how many children, growing up in chaos, have been given successful lives by the interest of a teacher, the structure of a school system, etc. Suffice it to say that the answer is “many.” Today, perhaps more than in the past, chaos is the norm rat...
It was said that Bailey Foster went berserk early one Sunday morning, seriously wounding two officers who sought to quiet him. Foster lived on his farm which was said to be two miles southeast of Elida. Three hours earlier Foster had attacked Roosevelt County Sheriff R.N. McCall and his deputy, Tom Cardin, with a shotgun, seriously wounding both men. McCall had gone to the home unarmed and at the request of Mrs. Foster, who told the officers her husband had threatened her and her children and had run them off the place. The o...
When a woman is pregnant, people develop an uncontrollable urge to tell her what to do....
A teary-eyed Amanda Riley said sometimes unanswered prayers are a good thing. The 2008 Clovis Christian School class salutatorian said her unsuccessful attempt at graduating early last year was a blessing because she was able to get better acquainted with her classmates. “The unity of this class is irreplaceable,” she said to the more than 250 people that attended the graduation ceremony Friday in the school’s chapel. She said the class of 17 students would rally around each other and would often pray together in the schoo...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo A jeans-and-boot-clad Keeson Bell sang a song to his graduating classmates Friday during Clovis Christian School’s graduation ceremony. Bell wrote the song, called “Our Class,” and featured each one of his classmates in a line of the son A teary-eyed Amanda Riley said sometimes unanswered prayers are a good thing. The 2008 Clovis Christian School class salutatorian said her unsuccessful attempt at graduating early last year was a blessing because she was able to get better a...
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Dora and Floyd high schools are holding their graduations this weekend. Floyd holds its graduation at 1:45 p.m. today at the school. Don ‘Doc’ Elder, professor of history at Eastern New Mexico University, is commencement speaker. There will be 18 students graduating at Floyd. Kenya Brook Reed is valedictorian and Hannah Love the salutatorian. Reed said she has enjoyed high school but is ready for a new challenge. “The fact that I am graduating sunk in when my classmates and I went on our senior class trip last week,” Reed sa...
Dora and Floyd high schools are holding their graduations this weekend. Floyd holds its graduation at 1:45 p.m. today at the school. Don ‘Doc’ Elder, professor of history at Eastern New Mexico University, is commencement speaker. There will be 18 students graduating at Floyd. Kenya Brook Reed is valedictorian and Hannah Love the salutatorian. Reed said she has enjoyed high school but is ready for a new challenge. “The fact that I am graduating sunk in when my classmates and I went on our senior class trip last week,” Reed sa...
Summer break Dora School ended the spring semester on Thursday. Regular classes resume Aug. 11, for the fall semester of the 2008-2009 school year....
Curtis and Mary Ellen Breshears of Portales will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary May 31, 2008, at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ. The celebration will be hosted by their children. The couple was married May 30, 1958, in Portales. They have three children and six grandchildren. He is a fertilizer dealer, owner of SpraGreen Inc. She is a wife, mother and grandmother. The celebration is open to friends and relatives....
Julia Marie Zupancic was born May 23, 2008, to Steven and Laura Zupancic of Lubbock at University Medical Center in Lubbock. She weighed 8 pounds. Grandparents are Tom ans Susan Williams of Midland, Texas, and James and Isabel Zupancic of Portales....
Landri Ella Thomas was born May 6, 2008, to Don and Suzanne Thomas of Portales at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Grandparents are Leroy and Gaynelle Thomas of Portales and Don and Julie Nickles of Nampa, Idaho....
Two students from Portales were awarded associate degrees from New Mexico Junior College on May 9. Daniel C. Vela received an Associate of Arts degree, and Joseph Roy Friesen received Associate of Applied Science degree. Freisen is an honor graduate, based on a grade point average of 3.5 or better of the credit hours completed at NMJC prior to the spring 2008 semester. They were among more than 230 students receiving degrees or certificates....
Steven Zupancic received a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders on May 17, 2008, from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. His thesis title is “Gap Detection Ability Determined by Cortical Event Related Potentials in Cochlear Implant Users.” He is the son of James and Isabel Zupancic of Portales....
