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My name is Audra Brown. I'm a pathological polymath with a penchant for creative and competitive pursuits. I'm fond of alliteration and my most primary interest is to always be learning something new. I've got a few degrees, an undocumented education that is quite broad, and I love to live life like it's adventure, not just a statistical report. What is your most prized possession? A 4,500 pound NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Magnet that I got at an auction. What is your... Full story
CLOVIS — For Silvia Miranda, it all comes down to reading. That was the case as she grew up in Portales, with a family and a series of teachers that influenced her to be the heavy reader she is today. And it’s the case in her job at Mesa Elementary, where she and other teachers have honed in on student reading ability and watched performance grow in every category. It was the latter that culminated in Tuesday, when the fourth-grade teacher was New Mexico’s lone recip...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Wednesday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Socorro Luciano Hernandez, 35, to Erica Nicole Abrego, both of Clovis • Thornton Allen Horn IV, 26, to Brianne Suzanne Richard, 20, both of Clovis • Anthony Carson Fletcher, 25, to Megan Breabann Thompson, 26, both of Clovis • Saul Martin, 37, to Anabel Ramirez Martinez, 37, both of Clovis • Todd Raymond Kuckta, 46, to Jamie Christie Casaus, 36, both of Clovis • Christhian Alejandro Hernandez-Alvarado, 24, to Angelica Rive...
PLAINVIEW, Texas - Worn down by time, Wayland Baptist University's iconic Kaltwasser Flame was relit in October after first going dark around five years ago. The original 3 1/2-story backlit stained glass piece was first lit in September 1996 and named after Gladys and Walter Kaltwasser of Farwell, whose donations helped fund the piece's creation. At the time of its installation, the flame was heralded as a rare sculpture in the world. As the lights began to dim a decade ago,...
On this date ... 1960: Eight prisoners held in the Roosevelt County jail may have had troubles, but those troubles did not include empty stomachs. Mrs. I.G. Roberts, the jailer's wife, prepared a meal of baked hen, dressing, cranberry sauce, "and everything that goes with a Thanksgiving meal." Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]...
CLOVIS - A woman arrested in March for embezzling over $12,000 from a local grocery store was sentenced Tuesday to five years supervised probation through a plea agreement. Rosa Davis, 58, was initially charged with over 150 counts of embezzlement across a two-year period, each count ranging from petty misdemeanor (under $250) to a fourth-degree felony (between $500 and $2,500). Those charges were narrowed to 31 counts when bound from magistrate to district court in May, and...
BROADVIEW — A woman was killed and another seriously injured in an early-morning crash Wednesday south of Broadview, according to a news release from Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller. Deputies responded to the single-vehicle crash around 5 a.m. on State Road 209 at milepost 17, where a southbound 2004 Lincoln SUV left the roadway and overturned, the release said. Hortencia Rodriguez Martinez, 59, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, while another passenger, Abigail Salcedo, 23, was eventually flown to a T...
CLOVIS - For the fifth straight year, Living Word Church of God in Clovis will join other churches around the country in helping incarcerated parents provide Christmas gifts for their children. The Angel Tree program, organized by the Christian non-profit Prison Fellowship, has brought some joy to children in difficult circumstances since 1982, according to the organization's website. Associate Pastor Bonetta Hutson said this year Living Word will facilitate Christmas gifts fo...
o CHS labs add 3D printing, robotics kits, milling machine. By Jamie Cushman STAFF WRITER [email protected] CLOVIS - An upgraded technology lab at Clovis High School has given students the chance to explore new tech that wasn't even invented when their parents went to school. Tech lab teacher Adrian Lucero said the upgraded lab was completed in early October and includes 3D printing, new robotics kits and a milling machine that carves designs the students created on a com...
PORTALES — A New Mexico Association of Counties news release last week trumpets a successful defense of a Roosevelt County civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit stemmed from a July 2, 2014, incident in which a Roosevelt County jail inmate hit a county employee with a pickax and then fled in a county vehicle. Senovio Mendoza had a violent history and was facing murder charges prior to the incident at the Roosevelt County fairgrounds. Leroy Manzanares, the county employee, was left for dead, but survived the extensive head i...
Everybody’s got a different Thanksgiving tradition. Some people’s holiday peaks when they’re a kid. That was the case for Kumail Nanjiani, when his family came from Pakistan to visit America and he had no idea the holiday existed. “When I was 14, my family visited my uncle who lived in Queens,” Nanjiani said in a television interview. “This was early Thursday morning, and my uncle was like, ‘I have something to show you.’ I had never heard of Thanksgiving. And my first day in America, he showed me the Macy’s Thanksgi...
There was thanksgiving throughout eastern New Mexico, as volunteers once again worked together to feed the masses with community meals in Clovis and Portales. The Lighthouse Mission in Clovis and a volunteer group in Portales both estimated just under 500 people fed at each of their meals with the Thanksgiving staples of turkey, potatoes, stuffing, gravy and plenty of desserts to go around. Lighthouse officials noted 70 volunteers, 225 eat-in diners and 249 meal deliveries as...
One common explanation for the term "Black Friday" is that it signifies the start of a business' most profitable time of the year, when the books go from being "in the red" to "in the black." The owner of Penny Lane on Clovis' Main Street agreed with that assessment, and felt even more optimistic about the holiday shopping weekend with the introduction this year of "Small Business Saturday" to further incentive local purchases. "I'm excited because we always do well," Pat...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday: Clovis • Jude Burrell, 19, battery against a household member, interference with communications • Patricio Ortegon, 46, failure to appear on a felony charge • Darlene Munoz, 22, failure to pay fines • Sarah Shelburne, 31, probation violation • Lambert Campbell, 34, probation violation • Nicholaus Helms, 39, sexual exploitation of children (distribution), sexual exploitation of children (possession) • Marina Nunez, 39, battery against a household member • Albert Lope...
Monday • Paintings by Parsons — Exhibit by ENMU faculty member Alla Parsons opens in Runnels Gallery, Golden Student Success Center, Portales. Open during regular hours through Dec. 21. Information: 575-562-2373 Tuesday • Books and babies “Rain, Rain, Go Away!” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Costumes welcome. Information: 575-356-3940 • Afterschool S.T.E.A.M. “Thinker’s workshop” — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth gr...
Monday • Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautifcation Committee — 5 p.m., Clovis city hall. Information: 575-769-7870. • Civic Center Policy Committee — 3 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Dec. 4 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Dec. 10 • Clovis High Plains Historical Foundation — 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m....
City officials think we have a gang problem. It’s more like we have a delinquent teenagers problem that festers, becoming an adult felon problem. This is one of the many reasons the New Mexico Supreme Court should not seal juvenile records. The Court has already closed them but is allowing new input until Thursday about its action. Ironically and frustratingly, juvenile court proceedings are still open. However, without documents, the public is lost watching two lawyers argue. Since charges aren’t public, there’s no telli...
For decades, our newspaper has published unsigned local editorials. That ends today, but not without one final defense of the way we used to do things. Our unsigned editorials — under the Viewpoint headline — were unsigned because they were not the opinion of any specific individual; they were the opinion of our newspaper’s editorial board. My conversations with readers often went something like this: Reader: Who wrote that editorial? Me: The editorial board determined the position and the writer reflected the board...
I’m writing this on Black Friday and I’m not going anywhere. Black Friday, New Year’s Eve, Labor Day and Memorial Day have become my favorite times to stay home. Just to be ornery, I don’t intend to order anything online today, either. Luckily, my wife of many years feels the same way. We walked this morning up to a bridge over Interstate 40. It was early and the lanes carried lots of semi-trailer trucks and a few cars getting a head start on long drives, either back home or maybe on business already. Traffic wasn’t...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Called to Protect” by Lynette Eason delivers a fast and furious ride when Chloe St. John and her K-9 German shepherd partner, Hank, join a task force assembled to bring down a ring of human traffickers with connections to her missing cousin. Later, US Marshall Blake MacCallum's daughter goes missing, and he's ordered to kill the judge he's protecting and tell no one about his daughter's disappearance or she will die. As their cases cross, St. John and...
Portales Woman’s Club On Nov. 14, Portales Woman's Club President Amber Hamilton called the meeting to order and gave the invocation and led the Pledges and Collect. Ronnie Birdsong introduced Dr. Kristen Kuhlman, Director of Nursing at ENMU, who told about the program she’s involved in. Kuhlman was asked to select a book that will be presented to a local school in her honor. The October minutes were approved as printed in the monthly newsletter. There were 20 members and 3 guests present. Jacque Houser, house chair, rep...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 10 a.m. beginning line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Skillet frittata. Lunch — Chicken nuggets, ranch mashed potatoes, steamed veggies, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll. Tuesday: Breakfast — Mini cinni’s. Lunch — Porky rib on a bun, baked fries, seasoned green beans, fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast — Breakfast bread. Lunch — Roasted drumstick, garden salad w/ranch, seasoned corn, chilled pears. Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza. Lunch — Hot dog on a bun, baked fries, orange halves, cookie. Friday: Breakfast — Muffin. Lunch — Che...
Information on cooking with salt and combining flowers and fruit to create an English Garden will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. John Vollertsen (better known as Chef Johnny Vee) will explain why salt is important in the diet, as it helps to regulate the fluid balance in the body. Then he’ll prepare a variety of salt-inspired recipes. He lives and works in Santa Fe. Floral designer Carly Cylinder will show how to combine flowe...
I should have named them Tom and Jerry or Mutt and Jeff or even Abbott and Costello. I probably would have if I had got them both at the same time. One of my dogs is a 75-pound, insecure coward with a voice that would wake the dead. I know this because he uses that bark to wake my wife regularly. Actually he uses it to wake us both up on the rare days I’m able to sleep in. No one sleeps through his booming bark. The little dog is a yappy barker and weighs in at about 12 pounds...
