Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around noon Tuesday officers were dispatched to a bank in the 2700 block of North Prince Street for a bomb scare. Management said they received a phone call from a female who said a man was coming to rob the bank using a fake bomb. Management evacuated customers, locked the building and called police were called. A uniformed officer stayed at the bank and it was reopened. The... Full story
Karl Terry: Freedom Newspapers How long does it take to learn a lesson? Sometimes it takes quite a few years. The lesson for me this past week was in patience -- something I’ve handled well at times and not so well at other times. I’ve trained college interns all summer long at the newspaper and this week I started training a new page layout person. The interns have been bright and good to have around and the new layout person is learning fast, but training can use up your patience fast. I went to the funeral of my gra...
Anita Doberman: Guest Columist I recently finished a great book by author Susan Jeffers called “Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway.” I don’t usually read self-help books, but enjoyed Jeffers’ book, and found her description of “the chatter box” very applicable to my life. The chatter box is a person’s negative and habitual voice that will not stop talking; it is the annoying, contrite, and counterproductive chatter that always finds the negative aspect of situations and people, and says “you cannot do it, you will fail, ther...
Editorial Victims of burglaries or violent crimes have long complained that police are never around when you need them, that they seem to be too occupied addressing victimless crimes or that they too often have to play babysitter to unsupervised youth who are creating a nuisance. One case in point in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley is the popular trend among young people to cross into Mexico to have a good time. Lower drinking ages and lax enforcement allows people in their mid- to upper teens to buy alcohol at nightclubs and l... Full story
Editors note: Freedom Newspapers has agreed not to publish the last names of the children in this story by request from the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home in Portales. Juggling an armful of clothing, a cell phone and four shopping lists, Sandi St. Clair took a break from her back-to-school shopping by perching on the edge of a display table. Around the harried guardian, three young girls stood impatiently awaiting the continuation of their shopping spree. St. Clair, a houseparent at the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Hom... Full story
CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle Sandi St. Clair, a house parent for the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home in Portales, carries clothing for, left to right, Dian, 11, Julienne, 14 and India, 5 while shopping Friday at J.C. Penney. Editors note: Freedom Newspapers has agreed not to publish the last names of the children in this story by request from the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home in Portales. Juggling an armful of clothing, a cell phone and four shopping lists, Sandi St. Clair took a break from her back-to-school s... Full story
Hillcrest Zoo in Clovis offers more than 500 animals including buffaloes, reptiles and a white Bengal tiger, according to zoo officials. The zoo sits inside a 140-acre park, with plenty of activities to make for a day trip, according to Zoo Director Herschel Arnold. “The zoo’s got primates. It’s got cats, got bears. A lot of people like the monkeys,” Arnold said. The zoo also includes reptile and bird houses, and a giraffe, one of the more popular exhibits, according to Arnold. The zoo acquired a white Bengal tiger named S... Full story
CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle The Siberian tiger Blondy lounges in the sun at the Clovis City Zoo. He has been an attraction at the zoo for about two years. Hillcrest Zoo in Clovis offers more than 500 animals including buffaloes and reptiles, according to zoo officials. The zoo sits inside a 140-acre park, with plenty of activities to make for a day trip, according to Zoo Director Herschel Arnold. “The zoo’s got primates. It’s got cats, got bears. A lot of people like the monkeys,” Arnold said. The zoo also includes reptile...
A Curry County Detention Center inmate was missing for more than five weeks before court officials were notified, according to the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s office. Phillip Littlefield, 36, never returned from a medical furlough June 22, according to court records. The district attorney’s office was informed Monday of his absence, District Attorney Matt Chandler said. A warrant was issued Friday for his arrest and a hearing is being scheduled to address the issue in cou... Full story
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — Sometimes you don’t wait for business to come to you. Representatives of Coldwell Banker Colonial Real Estate of Clovis were at the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort here on Friday — and plan to be there today and Sunday — offering relocation and housing information to air commandos from Hurlburt Field. The company’s visit is in response to the announcement in June that the Air Force Special Operations Command is moving the 6th Special Operations Wing to Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis and reactivat...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — Sometimes you don’t wait for business to come to you. Representatives of Coldwell Banker Colonial Real Estate of Clovis were at the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort here on Friday — and plan to be there today and Sunday — offering relocation and housing information to air commandos from Hurlburt Field. The company’s visit is in response to the announcement in June that the Air Force Special Operations Command is moving the 6th Special Operations Wing to Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis and reactivat...
