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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Eastern New Mexico University’s annual Fall Fine Arts Events calendar includes faculty and guest recitals, plays, art shows and concerts. “I think this is probably the fullest calendar we’ve had booked for fall in a while,” said Joyce Stagg, secretary for the dean of the fine arts department at ENMU. New this season is Tres Vidas, which celebrates the lives of three Latin American women, Stagg said. Returning for the second year is the Harmony for Humanity concert. The concert is one of several held across the United...
Enrollment numbers are down this semester at Clovis Community College because of the transition at Cannon Air Force Base and a low unemployment rate, officials said. “If it stayed where it is right now, it would be down about 6.8 percent (from last year),” said Vice President for Institution Effectiveness Robert Caffey. Enrollment numbers in the third week of school are more representative of semester enrollment due to late adds and drops, school officials said. About 1,500 full-time students enrolled this semester, he sai... Full story
Grant Shanahan has a lot on his plate. The 22-year-old Albuquerque native holds down a part-time job in Clovis, while taking 15 hours toward a business administration and economics degree at Eastern New Mexico University and he’s volunteering 15-20 hours per week to help coach the Portales Ram soccer team. “It’s a great help to me,” assistant coach Scott Parker said. “This is my first year coaching soccer. I’ve coached for 27 years, but never soccer.” Shanahan has been playing soccer since he was 5 years old, first in Albuque...
I sure hope no one needs an ambulance or firetruck in the future, because there may not be anyone on board. The rejection of the fire department pay increase by the Clovis City Commission is just plain stupid. If the proposal by Chief Ray Westerman wasn’t adequate, then the commissioners should have come up with another plan. Chief Westerman was thinking out of the box and came up with an idea that would have impacted 50 jobs. Citizens take for granted when they call 911 someone will respond. If we continue to lose qualified...
There are at least two sides to every story. Until recently we had never heard the other side of Julie MacDonald’s story, freeing her enemies to paint as unflattering a portrait of the former Interior Department official as possible. But getting a more complete and balanced story is important, since the case could continue to impact many Endangered Species Act decisions. MacDonald resigned as deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks in May, not long after an inspector general report seemed to confirm she m...
CNJ staff photo: Gabriel Monte Clovis High School culinary and baking students make pesto sauce for their world cuisine class. There are two channels Clovis High senior Robbie Wilmont usually watches, the Cartoon Network and the Food Network. “(Cooking shows) and cartoons (are) all I watch,” he said. His interest in cooking is no joke. Wilmont is part of a program started last year at the high school that prepares students for careers in the restaurant and food service industry. The Clovis High School Culinary Arts and Baking... Full story
An elderly Clovis couple who lost their house to the March 23 tornado said they were devastated again by burglaries to their property. Delbert and Pearl Tivis had lived in their home on South Prince Street for almost 40 years when the tornado decimated it, leaving it uninhabitable. They have relocated to a rental home in town while they await the arrival of a new modular home. A week or so after the tornado, thieves cut and removed all the copper wire in the house and on the p... Full story
Crime Scene Investigator Steve Halvorson’s passion for his job captivated an audience Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico University. Halvorson, a detective with the Roswell Police Department, has 22 years of experience in the field of law enforcement. He is an expert in the field of fingerprint identification and teaches crime scene classes to several agencies. He is also trained in blood splatter, bullet trajectory, serial number restoration, crime scene photography and video, according to a press release issued by ENMU. H... Full story
Samplings of school-related incidents in which area law enforcement responded: Around noon Aug. 28 an officer came upon school personnel breaking up a fight in the hall at Yucca Middle School. One of the 13-year-old girls said she was punched first and then fought back. The other student said the girl came up behind her and pulled her hair, so she turned around and punched her. ********* Around 1 p.m. Aug. 30 an officer responded to Yucca Middle School for a battery report. A...
Bamby Hays of Clovis was selected to receive the John Batcheller Award for Excellence in Teaching Elementary School Music at the 2008 New Mexico Music Educators Association all-state convention, according to the Clovis Municipal Schools’ music department August newsletter. Hays teaches at Sandia Elementary. Clovis’ Wayne Anderson will be receiving the School Administrator Award at the same convention. Education Digest is compiled by CNJ staff. Managing Editor Rick White may be contacted at 763-6991, or by e-mail: rwh...
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 2 a.m. Sept. 4 an officer responded to a home in the 900 block of Gidding for a report of breaking and entering. A woman told the officer she heard someone hit her back door very hard and then saw two people walking away. Officers documented footprints on the woman’s door. ******** About 10 a.m. Sept. 4 an officer responded to a business in the 500 block of north Prince f...
The Curry County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a burglary last month in Broadview. Sometime between Aug. 25-28 a residence on Curry Road 45 was burglarized and several items stolen, a press release said. Items stolen included a Lincoln cracker box style welder, a 14- inch John Deere saw, a Troy-Bilt 2000 pressure washer, a Craftsman weedeater/trimmer and a Craftsman gas powered leaf blower. Anyone with information can contact Curry County Crimestoppers at 763-7000. Callers can remain anonymous and a reward of u... Full story
Crime Scene Investigator Steve Halvorson’s passion for his job captivated an audience Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico University. Halvorson, a detective with the Roswell Police Department, has 22 years of experience in the field of law enforcement. He is an expert in the field of fingerprint identification and teaches crime scene classes to several agencies. He is also trained in blood splatter, bullet trajectory, serial number restoration, crime scene photography and video, according to a press release issued by ENMU. H... Full story
Law enforcement officials said Wednesday the cause of death of a 9-month-old girl last week was blunt force trauma and the case is now being pursued as a homicide. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said a preliminary report from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator indicates Kyler Willis died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head. Hooker would not specify the number of blows the child received or whether there were other injuries. No arrests have been made in... Full story
Law enforcement officials said Wednesday the cause of death of a 9-month-old girl last week was blunt force trauma and the case is now being pursued as a homicide. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said a preliminary report from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator indicates Kyler Willis died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head. Hooker would not specify the number of blows the child received or whether there were other injuries. No arrests have been made in... Full story
