Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m., ‘Underdog’ movie for all ages at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Kiwanis free swim day — 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Children ages 3-12 swim free at Portales city pool. Information: 575-356-6479. Saturday • Author visit — 10:30 a.m., S.J. Dahlstrom, author of the Wilder Good series, at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Birds of Oasis — 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Bring your bird books, binoculars and walking shoes for a look at the birds of the park. This presentation will t... Full story
Though I only moved to Portales when I was a freshman in high school, after a year living here I considered it home. link Anna George I found friends who became family; I fell in love for the first time. I found my passion and started working towards a career doing what I loved. I even found a job in the meantime that pays the bills, but still gets me excited with its challenges. I started my life here surrounded by wonderful people. Portales is my home, and it’s an a...
On this date ...link 1975: Clovis city officials announced plans to repair “long-neglected, deteriorating stretches of First and Seventh streets,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Clovis Mayor Chick Taylor said the New Mexico Highway Department was pitching in 45 percent of the funds for the $140,000 projects. 1975: Clovis city commissioners learned that two city liquor establishments were operating within the law serving alcoholic drinks on Sundays. City Attorney Harry Pat... Full story
When life gives you goat milk…bake a cake with it. link Audra Brown And make delicious cheese, and a homemade, vacuum-operated, goat-milking device. That’s what a certain kid (of the non-goat variety) did and I’ll tell you what, it was pretty tasty. The kid now has one, blue-eyed, well-horned, king-of-the-haybale, fluffy, wool-endowed buck goat and one blue-eyed doe with a very impressive beard. The female is the newest member of the kid’s menagerie and seems to be fitting in... Full story
Editor’s note: The following is one in a series in which we profile religious leaders in Roosevelt County. link Franklin Smith Franklin Smith is the associate pastor at Central Christian Church in Portales. Smith previously served as the worship leader at Victory Life Church. He also worked at Portales Schools for over 15 years as the junior high and high school choir director, and helped create the media arts program at Portales High. Smith currently owns and operates ...
Chris Horton, pastor at First Baptist Church in Portales, was selected as an extra for the movie “Comancheria,” starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster that has been filming locally in Portales and Clovis. The movie follows two brothers, Pine and Foster, who encounter financial hardships on their farm and resort to bank robbery. We were able to catch up with Horton to ask him about his experience. link Chris Horton Why did you decide to pursue being a extra for the... Full story
It’s amazing how little the U.S. Congress gets done, while at the same time, how deep into the weeds of governing representatives try to dip. Take the local-option ban on selling bottled water at the country’s national parks. The idea — a smart one — was to try and stem the tide of plastic waste. Toward that goal, the National Park Service decided to allow the system’s 400-plus parks, national monuments and historical sites to stop selling the disposable bottles. Visitors could bring their own water bottles and simply re... Full story
Once upon a time, responsible people raised their own food — gardens and livestock — at home. link Kent McManigal Then bad guys who found it too dangerous to be roving bullies formed governments so they could control and loot the production of others, usually in return for claimed protection from others exactly like them, in relative safety. Short-sighted people allowed those bullies to live. Over time people forgot the origins of government. Governing became so common tha...
link Rube Render The burning of medical waste has long been an accepted method of eliminating what can be very hazardous material. In April of 2014 a story appeared on “LifeSiteNews” noting that the British Columbia Health Ministry admitted that it was sending the remains of aborted babies to a waste-to-power facility in Oregon. The Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association also confirmed the reports. Disgusted by this practice, the Marion County Board of Commissioners hal...
Correspondent [email protected] Seven high plains area rodeo athletes participated in national college and junior high championships last month and three more with ties to the area started their quests for national high school titles on Sunday. link Courtesy photo: Hubbell Rodeo Photos Dora native Joshua Walker wrapped up his first year on the rodeo team for Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas, with a third-place finish in tie-down calf roping at the College National...
