Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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What do a Duck Dynasty mug, a Despicable Me Minions mug, a wand cast of resin, a Donald Duck hat, and a key to the Haunted Hotel have in common? link Clyde Davis They all relocated from various locations in the Southeast, primarily at Disneyworld or Universal Studios theme park, courtesy of an 11 year old girl, as mementos of what was, arguably, the greatest vacation of her life. This may be one of a relatively few children whose idea of a fine souvenir is a special mug for...
Staff Writer [email protected] After a week of early mornings, late nights, and tight schedules, a new Miss New Mexico has been crowned. link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Former Miss New Mexico Jessica Burson, right, crowns Miss New Mexico 2015 Marissa Livingston Saturday night during the final night of the Miss New Mexico Pageant at the Eastern New Mexico University theater. Judges crowned Miss Duke City, Marissa Livingston, as Miss New Mexico 2015 with 15-year-old Sasha...
Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Former Miss New Mexico Jessica Burson, right, crowns Miss New Mexico 2015 Marissa Livingston Saturday night during the final night of the Miss New Mexico Pageant at the Eastern New Mexico University theater.... Full story
DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] After a surprising run to the Eastern New Mexico University team camp title, Kambrey Blakey and a smattering of teammates got set for a photo with the first-place plaque. Only problem? The plaque was nowhere to be found. The photo shoot was held off for a few minutes, until it was discovered coach Wade Fraze had already filed it away in his bag. link Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Portales guard Bailey Rowley directs traffic during the first...
Staff photo: Kevin Wilson Portales guard Bailey Rowley directs traffic during the first half of Saturday’s Eastern New Mexico University team camp title game at Greyhound Arena. Portales defeated Hobbs 43-42 in overtime.... Full story
link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Former Miss New Mexico Jessica Burson, right, crowns Miss New Mexico 2015 Marissa Livingston Saturday night during the final night of the Miss New Mexico Pageant at the Eastern New Mexico University theater. Staff Writer [email protected] After a week of early mornings, late nights, and tight schedules, a new Miss New Mexico has been crowned. Judges crowned Miss Duke City, Marissa Livingston, as Miss New Mexico 2015 with 15-year-old Sasha... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected]@pntonline.com After a week of early mornings, late nights, and tight schedules, a new Miss New Mexico has been crowned. Judges crowned Miss Duke City, Marissa Livingston, as Miss New Mexico 2015 with 15-year-old Sasha Butcher of Albuquerque taking home the crown as Miss Outstanding Teen New Mexico 2015. Miss Portales Outstanding Teen Amelia Legler was fourth runner-up. The field of 23 Miss New Mexico and 18 Miss Outstanding Teen New Mexico hopefuls was narrowed to 10 finalists each...
link Courtesy photo: Becky Merrill AMVETS Department Commander Tommy Knight of Clovis and AMVETS Second State Vice Brenda Hunt of Farmington present a plaque and steel pot helmet to a wounded warrior who will be residing at the Eastern New Mexico University Student Veteran House Project, which was donated to the university by AMVETS earlier this year. The helmet belonged to a soldier killed in action named Henery Mitchell. When a search for his family yielded no results, the...
Staff Writer [email protected] link Staff photo: Anna George Karl Terry, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, left, congratulates pioneers of the year Charlene Foster, right, and Laverne Lee on Saturday at Heritage Days. Heritage Days is about remembering Portales’ past, but also celebrating its present. “This is a time and a place for people to gather,” said Karl Terry, executive director of the Portales/Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. Portales’ 31st an... Full story
Congratulations ... To the Portales High girls basketball team for capturing the team camp championship at Eastern New Mexico University. Portales entered as the sixth seed, but rallied for three straight wins —including a 43-42 win over Class 6A Hobbs. Royalty time ... On Saturday, the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds will host a horsemanship and interview clinic for females ages 6-24 who want to compete for one of the county fair’s titles of fair queen, princess or sweetheart. The event goes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the fai... Full story
Monday • Avenging Activity — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade, Fit camp at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Tuesday • Comic Crafts — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade, “Paint Resist” at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Teen summer reading program — 2 p.m., Comic craft at Portales Public Library. For ages 13-18. Information: 575-356-3940. Wednesday • Storytime — 10:30 a.m., for K-sixth grade, “Ready, Set, Play!” at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Teen summer reading progr... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] Jon Barr, a digital filmmaking professor at Eastern New Mexico University, had been a father for only a few days when he first celebrated Father’s Day with his teenage step kids. Barr married Mary Ayala, the dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences at ENMU, in June of 2009. The couple had dated in college and reconnected 18 years later, marrying within a year of the beginning of their rekindled relationship. Ayala had two children by then: Veronica, 15 at the time, Gabriel, 16. G... Full story
Depending on what your passion is in life, I have observed that everyone has different elements that speak to them more than others. link Alisa Boswell For those in the music realm, whether singers, musicians or directors, it is usually the sound of the music that speaks to them. In the art realm, it is brush strokes and the message of the overall painting that usually speaks to people. I have never been incredibly talented in any one area but have always dabbled in a little...
Editor’s note: Sam Standefer is the Portales city manager. He and other officials are regularly asked to respond to questions about recent issues: With no public comment being given at the recent public hearing on water and sewage rate increases, has the city received any commentary/backlash since the hearing? No we have not. I have had a few phone calls asking about it, and I have tried to call all of them back. I haven’t had any negative publicity over it. I think part of it is that we’ve been talking about this for a year,...
On this date ...link 1975: District Attorney Fred Hensley announced he would abandon his private law practice on July 1 and become a full-time district attorney for Curry and Roosevelt counties. Assistant DAs David W. Bonem and Robert Cochrane also would assume full-time positions as prosecutors on July 1, Hensley said. Full-time status was an option at the time, but the New Mexico Legislature had set Jan. 1, 1977, as the date all of New Mexico’s district attorneys would be r...
link Staff photos: Anna George Above: Jessica Karbowiak, a native New Yorker, teaches a creative writing class at Eastern New Mexico University on Thursday so the faculty can review her teaching style, relationship with students, and work-place attitude. Staff Writer [email protected] From New York to Texas, Jessica Karbowiak, 36, has taught English and writing and on Thursday, she taught for the first time at Eastern New Mexico University. Karbowiak is going through the... Full story
link Staff photo: Aubry Buzek George Houston of Clovis and other volunteers serve barbecue to the community at the 22nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday at O.G. Potter Memorial Park. Houston says he has been volunteering since the event started, and he enjoys “the people and meeting old friends.” Staff Writer [email protected] There was a long line of people waiting outside a gazebo at 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Clovis’ O.G. Potter Park, nearly 15 minutes after the b...
Deputy Editor [email protected] Two Curry County commissioners, the county manager, the county attorney and members of the New Mexico Association of Counties conducted a closed-door assessment of the Curry County jail at the end of May. That resulted in the jail’s new policies for special needs inmates, which include more documentation and special management for inmates’ basic needs, such as laundry and recreational schedules, officials have said. But one commissioner isn’t pleased with the closed-door status of the a...
