Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Take a complicated Web site, one with a vast amount of content from several different departments, then write down the gist of each page on a corresponding 4x4-inch post-it note — and then stick them all on a huge poster board almost the size of a single wall. That can be the ultimate outcome when your Web site crashes, as city of Portales administrators have found out. It was back in early August when the site that serves the various functions of the city went down and, ever since, it’s been city employees that have b... Full story
STILLWATER, Okla. — Junior Richard Kogo of Kenya finished sixth and freshman Jacob Lozano of Hobbs was eighth Saturday, leading the Eastern New Mexico University men’s cross country team to a six-point victory over Colorado College in the college/junior college division of the Cowboy Jamboree, hosted by Oklahoma State. Kogo covereed the 8K race in 25 minutes, 45.4 seconds while Lozano ran a time of 25:47.1 for the Greyhounds, who finished with 100 points to 106 for Colorado College in a field of 28 schools. ENMU’s wom...
Freedom New Mexico STILLWATER, Okla. — Junior Richard Kogo of Kenya finished sixth and freshman Jacob Lozano of Hobbs was eighth Saturday, leading the Eastern New Mexico University men’s cross country team to a six-point victory over Colorado College in the college/junior college division of the Cowboy Jamboree, hosted by Oklahoma State. Kogo covereed the 8K race in 25 minutes, 45.4 seconds while Lozano ran a time of 25:47.1 for the Greyhounds, who finished with 100 points to 106 for Colorado College in a field of 28 s...
Ten dairies in Roosevelt and Curry counties have gone out of business since wholesale milk prices began dropping more than a year ago, a Dairy Farmers of America spokesman confirms. Walter Bradley, government and business affairs director for the DFA in Clovis, said five of the dairies were participants in the Cooperatives Working Together program. The program pays dairy owners for their cows and slaughters the animals in an effort to increase milk prices by decreasing supply. Another three dairies went out of business...
Freedom New Mexico Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified Sept. 24 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which developed the software PRMC uses to send follow-up letters to mammography patients, discovered an electronic security breach had occurred in 2007. “We think it may be limited i...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina. Freedom New Mexico Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified Sept. 24 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which...
Ten dairies in Roosevelt and Curry counties have gone out of business since wholesale milk prices began dropping more than a year ago, a Dairy Farmers of America spokesman confirms. Walter Bradley, government and business affairs director for the DFA in Clovis, said five of the dairies were participants in the Cooperatives Working Together program. The program pays dairy owners for their cows and slaughters the animals in an effort to increase milk prices by decreasing supply. Another three dairies went out of business...
We walk because they walk. That’s the philosophy behind today’s Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) walk. The fundraiser provides money to feed the hungry at local, national and global levels. It is estimated families in some countries walk an average six miles a day to get food and water, according to CROP walk organizers. Volunteers will walk 4.2 miles around Clovis beginning at 2 p.m. at the Master’s Center. Walkers can turn in their donations at the start of the walk. The event is sponsored by Church World...
The following bankruptcies were filed in Roswell: • Martha Raye Blais, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/18/2009, Curry County • Leroy Mayfield, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/19/2009, Curry County • Carolyn B. Aragon, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/22/2009, Curry County • William Ronald Edwards and Margaret Eloise Edwards, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/24/2009, Curry County • Marie P. Pacheco, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/24/2009, Curry County • Kevin L. Cordova and Claudia R. Cordova, Chapter 7, filed date: 9/28/2009,...
FNM correspondent: Zhongming Jiang Natalie Pebsworth, 12, gets a handful of candy during Saturday's 75th annual Eastern New Mexico University Homecoming Parade. It rained candy for children in a more than 60-float Eastern New Mexico University homecoming parade Saturday for in downtown Portales. ENMU kicked off 75th anniversary homecoming festivities Friday. But the real fun, at least for area children, started Saturday morning with the parade along West First Street. Portales native Mark Gormley started attending the annual...
It rained candy for children in a more than 60-float Eastern New Mexico University homecoming parade Saturday for in downtown Portales. ENMU kicked off 75th anniversary homecoming festivities Friday. But the real fun, at least for area children, started Saturday morning with the parade along West First Street. Portales native Mark Gormley started attending the annual parade as a child. Gormley said he comes for the bands. “I really like the Greyhound band,” Gormley said. “They sounded really good and of course the (Port... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Michelle Druba, left, and Heather Johnson were two of the six mothers who participated in the breastfeeding challenge Saturday at Greene Acres Park. Six women bared all Saturday in Clovis to support breastfeeding in public and compete in the Global Breastfeeding Challenge. The international event supports awareness of what proponents say are the benefits of breastfeeding. It is also an attempt to set a record for the most number of women breastfeeding in public at the same time. Tia Coenig... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo ENMU linebackers Texavier Henry, left, and Joey Mendez, top, and defensive back Mark Patterson team up to bring down Angelo State running back Michael Simpers during the second quarter of Saturday's game at Blackwater Draw. BLACKWATER DRAW — With homecoming upon it, Eastern New Mexico suffered a power outage. Visiting Angelo State held the Greyhounds’ high-powered offense scoreless until late in the third quarter, and salted the game away with a pair of defensive touchdowns in the fourt...
BLACKWATER DRAW — With homecoming upon it, Eastern New Mexico suffered a power outage. Visiting Angelo State held the Greyhounds’ high-powered offense scoreless until late in the third quarter, and salted the game away with a pair of defensive touchdowns in the fourth period for a 47-23 victory Saturday at Greyhound Stadium. Josh Neiswander threw for 403 yards and three touchdowns for Angelo State (5-1), including a 17-yard pass to V’Keon Lacey with one second left in the first half for a 19-2 advantage at the bre...
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, exposing Social Security numbers and other private data. Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified several days ago... Full story
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, exposing Social Security numbers and other private data. Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified several days ago... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Positive news about newspapers is good news to us — and we’ve got a little to share. Since National Newspaper Week begins today, we celebrate those achievements with you, and offer our looking-forward view on the future of your newspapers. Newspapers have been published in Clovis and Portales for more than 100 years, dating back to each community’s beginning in the early 1900s. Since then, both communities have always had a regular newspaper or, at times, even competing papers. Older readers may rec... Full story
Without human offspring, dogs have always been like children for my wife and I. This week we’re grieving the loss of a family member. Our pets give us so much love and fill lonely voids with soft ears to stroke. When they die they rip our hearts out. We knew we were on borrowed time with our oldest dog Sniggles after he made a miraculous recovery from an apparent stroke two years ago. He didn’t run, or even take real long walks with me after the stroke but he faithfully guarded the hallway at night and warmed my feet und... Full story
My kids inspire me to be a better person. They test my patience, they make me laugh, they make me cry, they humble me. I can always do better for them. My daughter Anna has a special place in my heart. One that includes uneven bars, a beam, a bouncy floor and a vault. Anna is 6 1/2 years old. She’s a competitive gymnast. Gymnastics is tough. It demands everything and more. Anna trains twenty hours per week. Her love of gymnastics is far older than her young age. It’s so big I wonder if her little heart can hold it all in one...
Freedom New Mexico Positive news about newspapers is good news to us — and we’ve got a little to share. Since National Newspaper Week begins today, we celebrate those achievements with you, and offer our looking-forward view on the future of your newspapers. Newspapers have been published in Clovis and Portales for more than 100 years, dating back to each community’s beginning in the early 1900s. Since then, both communities have always had a regular newspaper or, at times, even competing papers. Older readers may rec...
Without human offspring, dogs have always been like children for my wife and I. This week we’re grieving the loss of a family member. Our pets give us so much love and fill lonely voids with soft ears to stroke. When they die they rip our hearts out. We knew we were on borrowed time with our oldest dog Sniggles after he made a miraculous recovery from an apparent stroke two years ago. He didn’t run, or even take real long walks with me after the stroke but he faithfully guarded the hallway at night and warmed my feet und...
Information on turning T-shirts into memory quilts, choosing colors for rooms and decorating cakes will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. Mary Mertens is with Ticche & Bea in Chicago, Ill., and she will show how to turn old T-shirts into a memory quilt that will be cherished for years to come. Lacy Jones will explain how to use a 60-30-10 rule, which prevents the use of too many or too few colors in a room. She’s a visual coord... Full story
Freedom New Mexico A sampling of calls received by the Portales Police Department from Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Sept. 28 • 5:33 p.m., caller in the 1000 block of North Abilene reported the mother of his children was not letting him pick up his kids. No incident report filed. • 8:19 p.m., caller in the 1000 block of West Second Street was just involved in a hit-and-run incident. Officer took report. Sept. 29 • 3:46 p.m., caller at 100 block of East Second Street said her black and white colored dog ran out of her car wh...
WASHINGTON — We've all had the experience: our computer, at work or at home, stops working. It could be a hardware glitch, but in this viral world, it just as likely could be a virus, worm or other malicious bit of software. At best, it means de-bugging you computer. At worst, it can lead to criminals hijacking your identity and ruining your reputation and your life. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and a focus of the month is getting the word out that everyone has the responsibility to protect the... Full story
WASHINGTON — We've all had the experience: our computer, at work or at home, stops working. It could be a hardware glitch, but in this viral world, it just as likely could be a virus, worm or other malicious bit of software. At best, it means de-bugging you computer. At worst, it can lead to criminals hijacking your identity and ruining your reputation and your life. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and a focus of the month is getting the word out that everyone has the responsibility to protect the...
