Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
A pair of local events — one a longstanding tradition, the other a new event — are scheduled to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
On Friday in Portales, the James Polk Stone Community Bank will have a community event in the bank’s parking lot at 109 E. Second St. The event is schedule to begin at 7:30 a.m. Matt Rush will precede over the ceremony and Eastern New Mexico University music student Dominique Barrera will sing during the ceremony.
Members of area fire departments and law enforcement agencies are invited to attend the Portales 9/11 ceremony to be honored by community residents.
David Stone, longtime president of the bank, said he has organized the 9/11 memorial ceremony in Portales every year since 2001 to ensure the events are not forgotten and to honor the service of area first responders and the nation’s military personnel.
For information, contact Stone at 575-356-6601.
Saturday morning will see Curry County Teen Court take part in the inaugural Flag of Honor Across America Memorial Event. The event will pay tribute to 2,983 victims from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the Feb. 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center.
Organizers will begin gathering at 8:45 a.m. at the Curry County Courthouse’s flagpole. The ceremony will begin at 9:02:57 a.m., the local time in New York City when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the WTC South Tower.
The teen court will be one of 60 founding communities. Each community will honor 50 people by reading their name, location, a short bio and their panel location at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.
A release from Curry County said the event will be the largest nationally coordinated 9/11 day project and will involve both youth and adults.
For information, contact Kristian Price at [email protected] or 575-763-7725.
Cannon Air Force Base was planning an event on base for Saturday, but postponed it to the spring. A reason for the postponement wasn’t immediately provided.
Eastern New Mexico University is planning a flyover from Cannon Air Force Base prior to its Saturday game against Adams State.
In Clovis, the Potter’s House will have an 8 p.m. live drama event. The event will be held at 400 N. Main, with no admission charge.
