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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University will present several ENMU Foundation and Alumni Association awards during this year's homecoming breakfast on Saturday morning, Sept. 25, in the Campus Union Building. The ENMU Foundation Awards: The Business of the Year Award will go to Doris and James Cassan of Dollar Rent A Car. Being raised in the small town of Causey southeast of Portales, Doris Cassan said Eastern New Mexico University gave and continues to give small-town kids like her a chance. She attended the Business... Full story
PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University will present several ENMU Foundation and Alumni Association awards during this year's homecoming breakfast on Saturday morning, Sept. 25, in the Campus Union Building. The ENMU Foundation Awards: The Business of the Year Award will go to Doris and James Cassan of Dollar Rent A Car. Being raised in the small town of Causey southeast of Portales, Doris Cassan said Eastern New Mexico University gave and continues to give small-town kids like her a chance. She attended the Business...
Staff and wire reports EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Clovis’ Hank Baskett practiced Wednesday with the Minnesota Vikings, one day after being released from the Philadelphia Eagles for the second time in two years. The 2001 Clovis High graduate signed a one-year deal with Minnesota, which is in desperate need of healthy receivers. Sidney Rice is out for at least another month after having hip surgery and Percy Harvin has a strained right hip that leaves his status in question for Sunday’s game against Detroit. That left the Vik... Full story
Staff and wire reports EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Clovis’ Hank Baskett practiced Wednesday with the Minnesota Vikings, one day after being released from the Philadelphia Eagles for the second time in two years. The 2001 Clovis High graduate signed a one-year deal with Minnesota, which is in desperate need of healthy receivers. Sidney Rice is out for at least another month after having hip surgery and Percy Harvin has a strained right hip that leaves his status in question for Sunday’s game against Detroit. That left the Vik...
PORTALES, N.M.— Freshman midfielder Andy Wilkinson (Lewes, East Sussex, England/Sussex Downs 6th form college) has been selected as the Lone Star Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Greyhounds victory over West Texas A&M, last week. Wilkinson netted the game-winning goal with 2:44 remaining in a 2-1 win over West Texas A&M, lifting the Greyhounds to their fifth win in their first six games. The goal was his second game winner of the season. The victory was just the second o... Full story
PORTALES, N.M.— Freshman midfielder Andy Wilkinson (Lewes, East Sussex, England/Sussex Downs 6th form college) has been selected as the Lone Star Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Greyhounds victory over West Texas A&M, last week. Wilkinson netted the game-winning goal with 2:44 remaining in a 2-1 win over West Texas A&M, lifting the Greyhounds to their fifth win in their first six games. The goal was his second game winner of the season. The victory was just the second o...
Cindy Kleyn-Kennedy Last week we observed “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” designated, according to the Library of Congress, as the day to commemorate the signing of the Constitution and “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” Although I know all of our schools throughout the district had related activities and lessons, I happened to be at Lockwood Elementary during their Constitution Day assembly. Squeezing in next to parents and grandparents, I was delighted to see and par...
New Mexico High School Coaches Association Football Class 5A School (1st-place votes) Pts 1. La Cueva (15)...
September has been a busy month in Texas’ fight to maintain autonomy against an increasingly oppressive federal government. A federal judge in Florida held the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by Texas and 19 other states contesting the federally mandated health care coverage that became law in March. Last Thursday, Texas filed legal motions regarding its challenge to EPA regulations on greenhouse gases, vehicle emissions and other rules. Earlier in the month the Obama administration rejected the state’s application for its... Full story
The deadline to apply for retroactive stop loss pay is Oct. 21. Service members whose service was involuntarily extended from Sept. 11, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2009 are eligible for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay. Stop loss is a policy used during major conflicts to quickly retain and generate forces to surge. Under the 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act, $530 million was set aside to pay stop loss compensation. All veterans, active service personnel and survivors of service members are entitled to a $500 payment for each...
Responders reacted with diligence A recent Internet piece named New Mexico as one of the least favored states for good medical care. I have lived in Clovis since 1967 and have heard many conversations about the lack of quality medical care in Clovis. No doubt, some of the complaints have merit. However, I was the emergency response chaplain on duty Sunday when a 4-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle. It was a tragic accident and the pain of all involved was beyond words. The purpose of this letter is to comment...
A while back, a friend made plum jelly that wouldn’t gel, so she had a large quantity of plum sauce. I offered to take some off her hands and dreamed up uses for it. (It was tough, but somebody had to do it ...) First, I made French toast, and instead of syrup, I poured plum sauce over it. It was a fruity, not-as-sweet twist on the classic. Another day, I emptied a heated one-serving container of Minute Rice onto a plate. Then, I covered the rice with slices of half an apple and a banana. I microwaved the whole shebang 45 s... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Jay Gurley speaks Wednesday at Clovis Community College, where the Town Hall was redidicated as the Dr. Jay Gurley Town Hall. Also seated are James H. Turner, left, for whom the Business Service Center was dedicted, and Clovis Community College President John Neibling. Clovis Community College dedicated areas on the campus Wednesday to two long-time educators. The board of trustees passed the resolution Sept. 1 to dedicate the Town Hall as the Dr. Jay Gurley Town Hall. Gurley served as the...
ENMU organizations presenting awards Eastern New Mexico University will present ENMU Foundations and Alumni Association awards during this year’s homecoming breakfast Saturday in the Campus Union Building, according to a news release. The foundations awards are: The business of the year award will go to Doris and James Cassan of Dollar Rent A Car, the Philanthropist of the Year will go to Betty Chamblin Joyner and the Volunteer of the Year will go to Dr. Kathleen Salter. Alumni association awards include the Honorary L...
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday morning briefing. Fair needs help Selmus Price, the director of the Clovis Ethnic Fair, is looking for volunteers to help with set-up and tear down at the fair this week. Below are the times he needs help. To volunteer call Price at 575-749-6570: Friday – 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday - 7:30-9 a.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Video game of the week Fresh from the desk of or own Jenna Zamie. Game: Halo: Reach Genre: First-person shooter System: 360 What is it? A prequel to the... Full story
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday morning briefing. Fair needs help Selmus Price, the director of the Clovis Ethnic Fair, is looking for volunteers to help with set-up and tear down at the fair this week. Below are the times he needs help. To volunteer call Price at 575-749-6570: Friday – 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday - 7:30-9 a.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Video game of the week Fresh from the desk of or own Jenna Zamie. Game: Halo: Reach Genre: First-person shooter System: 360 What is it? A prequel to the...
Glenda Price Times were hard. In desperation, George decided to gather a herd of cattle and head west with them — to California. This was in the 1850s, and folks in Texas had heard talk that gold miners in California (the 49ers) were a great market for beef. George and his wife, Inez, had been married 16 years and they had 15 children — one each year. When George announced his plan Inez said she thought it was a wonderful idea, and helped him prepare to go in every way she could. Before long he had a herd...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Sixth grader Hannah Ayre gets instruction from sixth grade teacher John Wangler during the dig. After the Clovis Christian School middle school academy read about, etched, fossilized, researched and wrote about archaeology, they got on their hands and knees and did it themselves Wednesday at the east campus. The project, which incorporated fifth through eighth grade, was the first big project the school has done after implementing the middle school academy at the beginning of the school year....
An Iowa renewable energy company that has acquired a Clovis biodiesel plant says it is optimistic about the future of biodiesel. Wednesday, Renewable Energy Group announced it has purchased a twice-stalled biodiesel plant planned for Clovis. Company spokeswoman Alicia Clancy said REG is “excited” about its future in Clovis. However she said the company has no immediate plans to restart the project because market and regulatory conditions are much the same as they were whe...
File photo Two auto shows are planned for Saturday with dozens of cars trucks and motorcycles expected to be on display. Freedom New Mexico It’s a weekend for auto lovers with two auto shows in Clovis Saturday. The first show will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Main Street between Fourth and Sixth Streets in conjunction with the Ethnic Fair. Then at 10 a.m., Cannon Thunder will begin at Doc Stewart Park on the west side State Road 311, across from the entrance to Cannon Air Force Base. Chairman of the Clovis Ethnic/Cultural Arts C...
A 25-year-old Curry County inmate was charged Tuesday with attacking two detention officers with a pen Sept. 15. Brandon Wagner is charged with assault by a prisoner and two counts of aggravated battery on a peace officer, court records show. Lt. Christina Chavez told sheriff’s deputies she was assisting in a search of a nearby cell when Wagner began talking to her through the food port... Full story
It’s a weekend for auto lovers with two auto shows in Clovis Saturday. The first show will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Main Street between Fourth and Sixth Streets in conjunction with the Ethnic Fair. Then at 10 a.m., Cannon Thunder will begin at Doc Stewart Park on the west side State Road 311, across from the entrance to Cannon Air Force Base. Chairman of the Clovis Ethnic/Cultural Arts Committee Selmus Price said an auto show has been part of the fair for about 15 of its 19-year history in Clovis. Typically he said there are 3...
A former Eastern New Mexico University student body president died after rolling his vehicle Sunday in Texas, according to the university and the Amarillo Globe-News. Stephen Michael Frost, 26, of Amarillo was northbound in a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup on Texas Highway 207 about 10 miles north of Silverton when he ran into the ditch while trying to turn west onto Farm-to-Market Road 146, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Frost overcorrected and the vehicle rolled about three times, ejecting him. Frost was pronounced...
Staff and wire reports RUIDOSO — Lincoln County voters have approved a five-year gross receipts tax aimed at helping Ruidoso Downs racetrack. The tax proposal passed by 420 votes in Tuesday’s mail-in election. County officials reported 3,719 votes supporting the tax and 3,299 opposed. The county will increase the gross receipts tax by 3/16ths of a cent on goods and services. It is expected to fund up to $750,000 each year. Ruidoso Downs officials have said the track and its casino have lost money because of c...
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Floyd farmer Allen Deen shows dryland cotton plants in his field along N.M. 267. This year is his first to grow cotton in 31 years of farming, and he said the crop and price look like they will be excellent. Roosevelt and Curry counties have much more cotton than normal this year, and the crop is shaping up to be excellent, people in local agriculture say. Roosevelt County has 75 percent more cotton than normal this year, said Floyd farmer Allen Deen. Kenny Whitecotton of Strippers Custom...
