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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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(From Cargill) MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cargill announced today it will build a new facility in Bovina, Tx for various feed product production including its Sweet Bran® and RAMP specialty feeds. The facility will be located on an adjoining property to an existing Cargill Cattle Feeders (CCF) location. "We are very excited about the possibilities for serving the growing livestock market from this location in Bovina," said Mike Lewis, vice president, Feed, Cargill Corn Milling North America. "This is a very...
Based on a visitor that's still questioned more than 60 years later, the City of Roswell is welcoming all walks of visitors Thursday through Sunday with its annual UFO Festival. Courtesy photo: Roswell Museum One of the features of the annual UFO Festival in Roswell is the costume contest, held for adults, kids and even pets. The festival runs this weekend throughout the city. The city's legacy with UFOs dates back to July 1947, when an object crashed on a ranch 30 miles...
Based on a visitor that's still questioned more than 60 years later, the City of Roswell is welcoming all walks of visitors Thursday through Sunday with its annual UFO Festival. Courtesy photo: Roswell Museum One of the features of the annual UFO Festival in Roswell is the costume contest, held for adults, kids and even pets. The festival runs this weekend throughout the city. The city's legacy with UFOs dates back to July 1947, when an object crashed on a ranch 30 miles... Full story
In her three-plus weeks at theater training, Caitlin Betz has learned above all else, "Expression means everything." CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Caitlin Betz reads her line to David Struthers during theater class Wednesday at Clovis Community College's Kids College. The theater class, held at the CCC Town Hall, is one of 24 classes. As her teacher has to constantly remind her, the audience means something as well. Betz and five other students continued their crash course Wed... Full story
Take a drive around town and have a look at our school sites. You will see all kinds of standard summer projects going on, from tree trimming to painting and re-carpeting to replacing concrete and many other tasks. The needs being addressed are "anything pertaining to life, health or safety," according to John King, director of operations of the Clovis Municipal Schools. King recently shared some highlights on the progress in construction underway across the district. Marshall Middle School's construction was completed in...
Longtime county employee Stephanie Hicks, 43, filed Tuesday as a Republican write-in candidate for the Curry County Clerk's race in the November general election. Hicks said she decided to run as a write-in because "we want to keep the experience in the office." Hicks has worked in the county clerk's office the past nine years and is currently elections coordinator. She will be facing Democrat Sherri McDaniel and Republican Rose Riley on Nov. 6. Hicks was the only write-in candidate to file by the Tuesday deadline. County...
Construction is expected to begin in August for a new feed plant next to the Cargill feed lots outside Bovina, according to a press release issued Wednesday by Cargill. When completed by late summer 2013, the plant will bring create 37 new full-time jobs, Cargill said. The plant will produce Cargill's Sweet Bran and RAMP specialty feeds. The release described Sweet bran as a "highly palatable corn milling feed product that drives more consistent and greater energy intake in feedlot and dairy cattle resulting in increased... Full story
A city resident implored the Public Works Committee to take a more proactive stance on illegal dumping, pointing to a code that he felt needed to be promoted and improved. Ed Higgins brought copies of the city codes, along with suggested revisions, to the committee's Wednesday morning meeting. After a lengthy discussion on the matter, committee members tabled the discussion, citing the need to fully review the codes and his suggestions. Higgins said when he and his wife moved into Clovis seven years ago, they didn't have...
The Clovis Public Works Committee delayed implementing a policy requiring shoring for sewer tap inspections, but local contractors don't feel the problem has been shored up at all. Several plumbers made their displeasure known on the requirement during the Wednesday morning meeting of the committee, leading to a new fee schedule delay until July 1 and a requirement that future developers build in a stub that allows for sewer connections with minimal digging. Shoring involves using plywood and/or metal walls in a hole dug to...
Beverly Hall's voice cracked as she tried to find the words to describe her husband's character. John Hall "There's no words to describe what an amazing man he was," she said. "He loved God so much and that carried over into his love for his family. He always had integrity in everything that he did." John Hall, a train engineer with Union Pacific Railroad, was one of three men killed in a train accident Sunday in Oklahoma when two trains collided. Hall was born in Clovis and graduated from Portales High School in 1981. Hall w... Full story
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Tuesday - 2:32 a.m.: Caller advised their mother-in-law was banging on the door and had been doing it for about a half hour, 600 block of Ross Street. - 6:30 a.m.: Caller reported returning home to find their house had been ransacked and the back door busted out, 600 block of East Eighth Street. - 7:12 a.m.: Caller reported a small puppy, crying all day and night, was locked in the shed in a backyard for a couple of days and the owners are not taking care of it, 2700...
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Tuesday - 11:30 a.m.: Walk up for fingerprints. - 11:48 a.m.: Caller reported three stray dogs running around, 300 block South Avenue D. - 11:52 a.m.: Caller reported a dead cat, 800 block East Danube. - 12:08 p.m.: Caller reported being harassed, 500 South Roosevelt Road U. - 12:33 p.m.: Caller reported a subject with a bench warrant, U.S. 70. - 1 p.m.: Walk up for fingerprints. - 1:37 p.m.: Caller requested an ambulance for her daughter passing out, 500 block East Amazon. - 1:55... Full story
(From Cargill) MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cargill announced today it will build a new facility in Bovina, Tx for various feed product production including its Sweet Bran® and RAMP specialty feeds. The facility will be located on an adjoining property to an existing Cargill Cattle Feeders (CCF) location. "We are very excited about the possibilities for serving the growing livestock market from this location in Bovina," said Mike Lewis, vice president, Feed, Cargill Corn Milling North America. "This is a very...
