Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Wednesday 7:30 p.m. — Clovis Music Festival Country Concert: Doug Stone, Marshall Middle School Auditorium Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Norman Petty Music Studio tours 7 p.m.: Clovis Music Festival ’50s Concert: Remembering Bobby Vee Featuring The Killer Vees, Marshall Middle School Auditorium Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Norman Petty Music Studio tours 5:15 p.m., VIP reception (sponsors only) 7 p.m.: Clovis Music Festival Rock Concert: Warrant with special guest Steelheart, Marshall Middle School Auditorium Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m...
On this date ... 1953: A well-trained 5-year-old roping horse named "Chigger" was killed and another roping horse was injured when fire destroyed their barn on Clovis' East Brady Avenue. Four goats also died in the blaze, and firefighters said tools, three saddles and a ton of hay were destroyed. Owner O.D. Stevenson Jr. said he estimated losses at $1,500. The second horse, "Ginger," was under the care of a veterinarian. The fire was discovered about 10 a.m. Two fire trucks...
Information on making filigree ornaments, gluten-free cooking for two and caring for jewelry will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Catherine Jordan represents the Embroiders’ Guild of America in Louisville, Kentucky, and she is going to demonstrate making filigree ornaments. She’ll explain the process of printing a design on tissue paper and then stitching through the paper and removin...
“It could have been different somehow, if I’d known what I know now.” So goes the tale from Doug Stone in his hit, “Why Didn’t I Think of That.” It’s a universal tale of regret put to song, and it’s part of what Stone will bring to the Clovis Music Festival for his Wednesday night performance. Born Doug Brooks, the country music lifer chose his performing name to avoid confusion with Garth Brooks. How did you come across the opportunity for the CMF? Booking agent? (laughs) To be honest, I don’t know much about it. They tell m...
If you have even a passing interest in New Mexico history, odds are you have at some point encountered the F. Stanley books — dozens of slim softbound volumes that tell the stories of some of our region’s tiniest communities. My first exposure was back in 1979 when I was a new student hire in Special Collections at Eastern New Mexico University’s Golden Library. I had your average college freshman’s interest in history (somewhere between little and none), but I do remembe...
PORTALES — The weather was perfect and the activities were plentiful but the 2018 Relay for Life of Roosevelt County did not draw the turnout organizers were anticipating. "We were hoping for a bigger crowd so it's a little disappointing we didn't have as many folks out, but the crew that's here has been fantastic," said Casey Peacock, co-chair of the event leadership team for Relay for Life of Roosevelt County. "It's a good event. We are very appreciative of the people t...
CLOVIS — Big hair, electric guitars and ... mmmmm, cherry pie. If all that doesn’t make you think of the band Warrant, maybe you just don’t know rock ’n’ roll. The group perhaps best remembered for its 1990 hit “Cherry Pie,” which followed up late ’80s smashes “Down Boys,” “Sometimes She Cries” and “Heaven,” is still rocking away a few decades and five or six presidents later, and is set to perform Friday at Clovis’ Draggin’ Main Music Festival. Warrant will be playing at Clovis Community College’s Marshall Auditorium....
In this small patch of New Mexico, I’m probably better known than the average person. It’s a tiny, tiny bit of fame, and not much fortune, but I’ve never had an issue with that. Being Twitter famous? That’s a different story. I’ve had a Twitter account for years. Sometimes I post 20 times in a day, sometimes I go 20 days without a post. I usually don’t get much traction outside of a few consistent friends, but every once in a while that one comment will do just enough to get the average stranger to say, “I feel the same way;...
CLOVIS — Back in 2017, the people organizing the Draggin’ Main Music Festival and the people organizing the Clovis Music Festival thought they could be better together. “That was a huge test for both sides,” Draggin’ Main co-founder Gene Porter said of last June’s festivities. “What we discovered is it was a great marriage.” Now, in 2018, that’s exactly what it is, as they plan everything together and share the same name. There’s plenty to do during the anniversary party, with three concerts, tours throughout city lan...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 10 a.m. nursing home visit, 1 p.m. Needle Gang Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 9 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise...
I probably would have grown up hunting squirrels — except we didn’t have any squirrels in Portales. That’s all changed, though, and I’m looking for squirrel recipes. As I was irrigating my petunia farm the other morning I rounded the corner of the house and nearly tripped on one of the bushy-tailed tree rodents. He casually scampered across my driveway and headed for my neighbor’s beautiful towering spruce trees. As I watered flowers a neighbor appeared and I asked if she sa...
I was born and raised here in Clovis. I come from a big family of four brothers and three sisters and I'm the youngest of the nine children. Yes, I'm the spoiled one... I am married to James Todd Holt who is a local master electrician. I'm the mother of two children and one grandson. I have been an advocate for The American Cancer Society volunteering with the local Relay for Life for over 14 years. I love my four fur babies Dottie, Maddie, Lily, Lyle. How did you meet your...
New Mexico native Mike Smith rode Justify into the history books on June 9, capturing the coveted Triple Crown with a victory in the Belmont Stakes. Justify became just the 13th horse since 1919 to earn the Triple Crown — victories in one year by a 3-year-old thoroughbred in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Smith, a 52-year-old jockey who was born in Roswell and grew up in Dexter, became the oldest jockey to win the Triple Crown. It’s one of the sports world’s toughest feats, and it has catap...
Purchased for a quarter at the last Portales Public Library book sale, my book-of-the-month summary for June is “How the Body Works: 100 Ways Parents and Kids Can Share the Miracle of the Human Body” by Steve Parker (Reader’s Digest Books, 1994, 192 pages). The large, glossy book, packed with color photos, comes with easy-to-follow exercises using household products parents can use to help their kids understand the body’s processes. Excerpts: • The body is an incredibl...
Monday • Parks, Rec and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. in assembly room at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Schools Board — 5:30 p.m. in board room at central office. Information: 575-769-4300 Wednesday • Public Works — 8:30 a.m. in assembly room at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers in commission room at...
Today • Portales High Class of 1978 reunion — 7 p.m.-2 a.m. meet-up at the Portales Country Club, 523 S. Roosevelt Road U, #B. Featuring a catered BBQ dinner and cash bar. Tickets: $15. Information: 817-308-0515 • Relay for Life — 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Featuring a sand volleyball tournament from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 575-607-5692 Monday • Movie Monday — 1 p.m. “Moana,” 4 p.m. “The Buddy Holly Story,” 6 p.m. “La Bamba” at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Bring snacks and drinks. Popcorn provided....
