Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Roosevelt County residents looking forward to watching cars slamming into each other as part of the demolition derby will instead have to settle for 75-foot backflips and motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle races Saturday night during the Roosevelt County Fair. The Portales Arenacross is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Last year, the demolition derby drew 25 entries after drawing 11 in 2003. Demolition derby coordinator Scott Turner said approximately 2,500 people attended last year’s e...
Tony Parra: PNT Staff Writer Dora students had an eventful — and delayed — first day of school Monday. Instead of learning math and English sitting at desks in a room with a chalkboard, a leaky roof forced classes to be held in the stands of Guy Luscombe Gymnasium, among basketballs, basketball goals and championship trophies. It is a learning environment they will have to contend with for at least two more weeks while the roof at the high school is being repaired, Dora Superintendent Jim Reed said. Dora High classes wer...
Trucks bearing carnival rides from last week's county fair began pulling out from the Curry County Fairgrounds on Monday afternoon. Fair officials believe poor weather hampered the turnout at the fair this year. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) The first week of school and a series of evening thunderstorms contributed to low attendance at this year’s Curry County Fair, officials said Monday. “Thursday night is our Tejano night,” fair secretary Peggy Burns said. “Our Tejano... Full story
The Clovis public school district’s early-release program kicks off this week, with 13 elementary schools now ending classes at 12:45 every Wednesday. School officials say the new program will give teachers more time for professional development, thus improving the quality of local elementary education. Eleven schools financed through the federal Title 1 program have adopted a latchkey program, developed locally, in which recreational and enrichment programs will be offered by certified teacher’s aides after school. The pro...
Diane Watts, a nurse for Mental Health Resources INC, views the productive garden that has been cultivated by patients. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) The garden is called many names — “community garden,” “therapeutic garden” and “living garden” — and it serves as many purposes as it has names. The gardeners responsible for tending to the plants suffer from a host of mental problems, including schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder and severe depression. The garden is located at C... Full story
When his restaurant went up in flames on July 18, 2004, Harry Wang was sadly there for the end of an era. The Main Street restaurant was the first in a chain of China Stars that eventually sprouted in Amarillo, Lubbock, Roswell and Albuquerque. At the urging of former customers and a nudge from his wife, Wang plans on opening the New China Star Superbuffet by the end of this year. Wang opted not to build at the old location, but instead will be leasing space in the strip mall that lies on the north end of the Wal-Mart parking...
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Officers observed a vehicle with two occupants parked outside of a home Thursday in an area on the south side of 10th street known for drug traffic. A check revealed the vehicle’s registration had expired. A male passenger told officers he had just purchased the vehicle. After officers received permission to search the vehicle, they found a sawed off shotgun, a crystalline s...
Parker Bryann J. Parker has joined the U.S. Army Reserve under the Delayed Training Program. He is a 2001 Floyd High School, and reported July 20 to Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. for active duty. He is the son of Connie J. Parker of Clovis, and Frankie J. Parker of Knoxville, Tenn....
It is difficult by now to try dispassionately to assess the phenomenon of Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother whose son was killed in Iraq and who has been staging a peace vigil outside the president’s home in Texas. But it’s worth an effort. There are two major reasons Sheehan has received so much attention from the media. The first, of course, is that when President Bush takes a working vacation in Texas, the White House press corps is obliged to follow him, but they end up doing a lot of standing around, hoping for a scrap...
Just prior to the beginning of Clovis Army Air Field in 1942, that air field was the Clovis Municipal Airport. In 1941-42, Clovis High School classes were conducted in the old hangar at the air field. Ramon P. Vargas learned to be an aircraft mechanic there. “There were instructors from Albuquerque,” said Vargas. “One other instructor was Carl Miller, who later taught machine shop at the high school in Clovis. “The main part of the old 1929 hangar was used for the classroom. The first plane they used to work on was a Piper C...
Over the past several years the idea of including private accounts within the Social Security system has gained some ground in the political arena. Not that it’s been a piece of cake. For one, most people are as used to this government confiscatory program as they are to government schooling or the minimum-wage law. The governmental habit is rife throughout the world, including in America. There is also the way promoters of the government’s confiscatory Social Security program distort what privatization comes to. Even thi...
Ronald Nesler of Las Cruces, a Vietnam veteran rated 100-percent disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder, learned this month that his case, as decided in 1997 by the Department of Veterans Affairs, lacked documents to support the finding of service-connected PTSD. The VA regional office in Albuquerque advised Nesler in an Aug. 11 letter that he has 60 days to provide evidence he was exposed to the stressful wartime incidents described in his claim papers years ago. “Otherwise, benefits, if confirmed entitlement is not e...
Melrose Senior Center 405 Main St. Monday: Baked chicken nuggets, corn, brusssel sprouts, biscuit, margarine, strawberries and banana’s, milk. Tuesday: GC Cheeseburger, onion rings, baked beans, applesauce, milk. Wednesday: Liver and onions, green beans, cornbread muffin, sliced cucumber, bananas, peaches, strawberries, milk. Thursday: Chili Casserole, fried okra, stewed tomatoes, peaches, milk. Friday: Steak, asparagus, milk, salad dressing, honeybread, margarine, strawberry shortcake, milk. Activities: Games every W...
Kilian Sean and Amanda Kilian of Uruba, Ill. are the parents of a seven pound six ounce boy, William Thomas Kilian, born on July 7, 2005, at Carle Hospital in Uruba, Ill. Grandparents are Scott and Joy Kilian of Clovis, and Orin and Pam Whisman of DeLand, Ill. Great-grandparents are Caryl Kilian and the late Robert Kilian of Ridgewood, N.J., Carol Blais of Nashua, N.H., Richard Blais of Tuscon, Ariz., and Tom and Joann Whisman of DeLand, Ill.... Full story
Rogers/McGriff Mr. Larry and Mrs. Patricia Rogers of Brunswick, Ga., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Vanessa Latrice of Warner Robins, Ga., to Derrick Lewis McGriff, of Hawkinsville, Ga., son of Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Dianne Solomon of Hawkinsville, Ga. The couple will exchange vows on at 3 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 15, 2005, at Greater Works Than These Ministries in Brunswick, Ga. The reception will be at the Brunswick Shrine Club in Brunswick, Ga. The bride-elect is a 1995 graduate of Clovis High... Full story
7 Carlton The family of Aubrey and Elmina Crow Carlton, formally of Friona, held their 19th annual reunion at the home of Joe and Margie Rexrode of Lockney, Texas on July 16. Special guest were Zula Carlton, Plainview, Texas, Dorothy Crawford, Lubbock. Family members were; Heath, Jeri, Austen, and Audrey Rexrode, Lockney, Texas, Wyman, Tammy, Shelby, Devinney, and Walker Rexrode, The Colony, Texas, Sonny and Saundra Carlton, Ovala, Texas, Jerry and Barry Carlton, Clovis, Jerry and Lisa Nunez, Clovis, Jesse Milton and... Full story
Clyde Davis Baseball players on steroids. Basketball players going into the stands to beat up fans half their size and twice their age. Rock musicians who think they are entitled to break not only rules, but laws, and then whine when they get caught. Actors who speak on subjects they have no knowledge of, and expect to be taken as experts. Where have all the heroes gone? Go to Austin, Texas, on Oct. 23, and you’ll see quite a few. The Lance Armstrong Foundation will be holding its annual fund-raising ride for cancer, the R...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza, juice, milk. Lunch — Fish sticks, tator tots, cornbread, applesauce, milk. Tuesday: Breakfast — Eggs, toast, juice, milk. Lunch — Burrito, salsa, corn, lettuce, apple, milk. Wednesday: Breakfast — Sausage biscuit, juice, milk. Lunch — Spaghetti, green beans, garden salad, ranch dressing, pears, milk, Thursday: Breakfast — Go-gurt, toast, juice, milk. Lunch — Chef salad, ranch dressing, cracker, chilled fruit, milk. Friday: Breakfast — Banana nut muffin, juice milk. Lunch...
Altrusa International Foundation, Inc. Nancy Taylor of Clovis was recently elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Altrusa International Foundation, Inc. The International Foundation was established in 1962 to assist Altrusa clubs and other worthy organizations carry out community service programs throughout the world. She has been a member of Altrusa since 1973 and has served as president of the local club and governor of District Ten of Altrusa, as well as many other Altrusa offices and committees. Taylor is the...
Chairez Anica M. Chairez, was nominated to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. She attends Yucca Junior High School, and maintains a 4.0 GPA. Mrs. Lena Willis, a history teacher at Yucca Junior High school nominated Ms. Chairez for the conference. Burdell Anneka Burdell of Clovis was the recipient of a $2000 scholarship on Aug. 17, 2005, from the Alliance for Affordable Services. She will enter her freshman year of college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where she intends to study... Full story
Jones Cletis and Pat Jones of Clovis, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 2, 2005, at their home. The celebration was hosted by Brian and DeLinda Jones, Ronnie and Dianne Jones, Kim and Bob Helgeson, and Whitney, Kambrey, Kelcee and Kade Jones. The couple was married on Aug. 14, 1955, in Clovis. They have three children, and four grandchildren. Cletis Jones owned and operated several local businesses, including Jones Pontiac. She is a housewife. The couple is retired and enjoy traveling cross country in their...
Hidden in the dark minds of commercial flight crews are wisecracks they’d like to shout over the planes’ speakers but don’t, because these heroes of the skies prefer to play the game of “Things I’d love to say, but I don’t want to spend the rest of my life driving a Greyhound bus.” I recently came across a collection of these quips — I won’t say where I found them, but its secret code name is “Internet” — and as a public service I’ll present them to you today. Some are dirty — rated R or X — but I’ve omitted them. If you sim...
