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County has raised $10,000 for fireworks show
June 30th, 2003
This year’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display will take place at dusk on Friday at the practice field across from Eastern New Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena.
The Roosevelt County Chambe...
Obituaries, July 1
June 30th, 2003
Mrs. Imogene Grider, 76, of Clovis, a telephone operator, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at Retirement Ranch in Clovis.
She was born on July 20, 1926, in Reed, Okla.
She graduated from Floyd High Schoo...
Calendar, July 1
June 30th, 2003
The Portales News-Tribune offers this space for community events. To submit or change an announcement, contact the Editorial Department at 356-4481 several days in advance. For Sunday’s paper, items...
Bible forms mother's view of life
June 28th, 2003
Teaching her children examples of right from wrong by following God’s Word is how family members said Toynette Stockard lived her life.
“The Bible was the strongest factor in mother’s life. She...
Firefighter enjoys his time here
June 28th, 2003
Portales resident Harlin Stobb fights fires, but likes the hot sound of Texas blues.
What’s your idea of a perfect day?
“Sleeping in late on a cool summer morning and going to a Yankees game th...
For new pet owners, its a dog&s life
June 28th, 2003
Well, Saundra and I finally did it. We got ourselves a dog.
The back yard was too empty and the house too peaceful, I suppose. When the kids are grown and off on their own, things are entirely too s...
Father-daughter bonding can be done in many ways
June 28th, 2003
Whenever summer rears its heated head, I always recall an ancient ritual of a vernal equinox variety called Indian Maidens, invented in the same era as bagged manure, potted plants, dandelions, and Be...
Public Record 6/29
June 28th, 2003
Here are recent dispositions from Roosevelt County Magistrate Court:
• Tony Alvarado, 23, guilty of issuance of worthless checks and must pay restitution to two businesses in the amount of $110 plu...
Fourth of July to go off with a bang
June 28th, 2003
Portales’ annual fireworks show is back in town.
After several years of shows at the softball complex just west of the city, Portales will sponsor a fireworks display at sundown Friday at the Easter...
Obits 6/29
June 28th, 2003
Mildred Nash , 91
Mildred Nash, 91, died Thursday evening, June 26, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
She was born Sept. 10, 1911, in Indiahoma, Okla., to Willie and Alex Key.
The old...
Lack of funding threatens water conservation
June 28th, 2003
New incentives for farmers to conserve water in the area lack the compensation funds and may have come too late to save considerable amounts of water in area wells, local conservation specialists said...
Custom Classic tournament to be biggest ever
June 26th, 2003
Roger Jackson has a 20-year-old, but in a different way than any parent.
Jackson doesn’t have to worry about his 20-year-old calling to beg for money or to say his grades at college are slipping. Th...
Hispanics still underrepresented in television
June 26th, 2003
When it comes to Hispanics and network television, I don’t want to see another Pancho Villa. How about a Hispanic Bob Villa?
Too many times, Hispanics, Latinos, Chicanos, whatever we call ourselves,...
Judge making way to federal district court
June 26th, 2003
Judge Robert Brack of Clovis appears on track for confirmation by the end of summer as a federal district court judge in New Mexico, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici.
Domenici sponso...
Community Calendar June 27
June 26th, 2003
The Portales News-Tribune offers this space for community events. To submit or change an announcement, contact the Editorial Department at 356-4481 several days in advance. For Sunday’s paper, items...
Precipitation ignores city, but showers countryside
June 26th, 2003
Stormy weather played tag in and around the Portales area early Thursday morning, dumping more than an inch of rain in some places but teasing the city with only a trace.
Jack Self, who works at the N...
Obits 6/27
June 26th, 2003
Pius Gibson
Pius Olney Gibson III, 45, of Portales, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at his home.
He was born July 3, 1957, in Daytona Beach, Fla., to Dolores and Pius Olney Gibson Jr.
He grew up in Jac...
Community Calendar June 26
June 25th, 2003
The Portales News-Tribune offers this space for community events. To submit or change an announcement, contact the Editorial Department at 356-4481 several days in advance. For Sunday’s paper, items...
Tele-auction succeeds
June 25th, 2003
Two weeks after the KENW Tele-auction, event organizers say the desired results were met — just like the 26 auctions before it.
While exact figures are not yet calculated, tele-auction coordinator S...
UFO festival out of this world
June 25th, 2003
The Roswell UFO Festival is an out-of-this-world experience, according to event organizers.
The festival celebrating the world-renown1947 incident is scheduled for July 3-6. There will be a variety of...
Area dairy owners may lose cattle herd
June 25th, 2003
Officials are discussing with the owners of two Roosevelt County dairies the possibility of killing their cattle to eliminate all traces of bovine tuberculosis, State Veterinarian Dr. Steve England sa...
Cooper loves to travel, watch basketball
June 25th, 2003
This is the final in a series of profiles on Roosevelt County’s 2003 Pioneer of the Year candidates.
Born on the fourth of July in 1915, Lucille Martin Cooper initially called home Celina, Texas. A...
Obits 6/26
June 25th, 2003
Margaret Coleman, 63
Margaret Fern Coleman, 63, of Farwell, a business owner, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at her home.
She was born Feb. 28, 1940, in Sundown, Texas, to Lewis and Hazel Matthews Lau...
Family believes mold led to Portales man's death
June 24th, 2003
Marcelino Garcia died in May of 2001. Nearly two years and two months later, his surviving family is still seeking a resolution.
Garcia, a longtime Portales resident, died less than two days after a v...
County tries to recoup detention center costs
June 24th, 2003
County officials are taking parents of Roosevelt County juvenile offenders to court to retrieve the costs of transporting and housing the inmates to area detention centers.
Roosevelt County Attorney E...
Obituaries, June 25
June 24th, 2003
Xavier Valdez, 2
Xavier Elijah Valdez, 2, of Albuquerque, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, in Albuquerque.
He was born on Sept. 2, 2000, in Albuquerque, to Frank Beltran and Sheila Valdez.
Family m...
Crime Report, June 25
June 24th, 2003
Police arrested four teenagers for drinking beer at the intersection of 17th Street and Avenue I on Saturday.
One of the teenagers was arrested immediately for holding a beer can at the time the offic...
South County News, June 25
June 24th, 2003
Mother Nature was up to old tricks again last week in South County.
Arch, Causey and the Garrison-Richland areas were especially hit hard. Several farmers had sprinklers overturned and some destroyed...
Elida News, June 25
June 24th, 2003
Birthdays June 28 to July 4: David Graves, Carrie Hamelton, Chad Hacher, Sean Belden, Harding Burris, Tom Dannelley, Scott Welch, Junior Jasso, Cherry Eckland, Matt Jenkins, Cindy Boone, Elois...
Pioneer Profile, June 25
June 24th, 2003
Juanita Davis Putnam
In the late 1930s, some Roosevelt County women stayed home cooking, sewing and canning. But Juanita Putnam didn’t, as she was fast becoming a career woman who in her prime work...
Portales girls to face Clovis for league title
June 24th, 2003
FARWELL — With a full complement of players — primarily its varsity squad for next year — Portales took advantage of a depleted Muleshoe team to move into the finals of the West Texas/New Mexico...
Business man pleads entrapment on tobacco sting operation
June 23rd, 2003
After a quarter-century of doing business in Clovis, Warren Nuckols Jr. said he has years of experience dealing with shoplifters. According to him, his Quick Stop business on the corner of 13th and Th...
Pioneer Profiles
June 23rd, 2003
Maurine Ferris Kennedy
When 93-year-old Maureen Ferris Kennedy and her first husband, Fred Ferris, moved to Roosevelt County in 1936, she was very much against the move.
“I didn’t want to come at...
American Yankees upset Roosevelt Diamondbacks in last at-bat
June 21st, 2003
With more changes of direction than a game of Twister, the American Yankees of Clovis finally won the Tri-County Tournament championship game with a thrilling 15-14 victory over the Roosevelt County D...
ENMU fourth in preseason football poll
June 21st, 2003
Traditional football power Texas A&M-Kingsville is expected to continue its dominance of the Lone Star Conference this fall as the Javelinas have been picked to win the league’s South Division, acco...
CAFB honors POWs
June 21st, 2003
With a black flag in the background commemorating prisoners of war and those missing in action, four somber airmen in camouflage uniforms walked slowly across the stage.
Just moments before, 27th Figh...
Youngsters honor troops with humor
June 21st, 2003
Although they made their public debut Saturday, the members of the Clovis Patriotic Kids’ Choir say a kazoo-playing career is not likely in their future.
The six-member song-and-dance troupe opened...
Residents welcome home troops
June 21st, 2003
Even the weather cooperated Saturday afternoon, joining the warmth of the homecoming welcome from residents of Clovis and Portales for military troops from Cannon Air Force Base and other branches of...
Heritage Days to celebrate a century
June 21st, 2003
More than three months of planning and 100 years of history will come full circle this weekend when Roosevelt County celebrates Heritage Days.
“Heritage Days is a time where a community can come tog...
Arnold dismisses charges on police
June 21st, 2003
A long, drawn-out feud took a major step toward resolution on Friday when Municipal Judge Fred Arnold dismissed contempt of court charges he filed against two Portales police officers.
The dismissal...
Summer solstice has a deeper meaning
June 21st, 2003
Saturday was the first day of summer and the summer solstice. We’ve been having summer weather for at least a month, so I don’t know why summer is supposedly just starting up.
We got more hours...
Burma Shave signs — a blast from the past
June 21st, 2003
When I was in my mid-youth crisis, Burma Shave signs on America’s roads were as common and comfortable as old shoes. Whenever a new one cropped up, we repeated its rhyming couplets over and over fro...
Public Record June 22
June 21st, 2003
Here are dispositions of court cases recorded recently in Magistrate Court:
•Benjamin Pacheco, 39, guilty of aggravated driving while intoxicated (first); and no insurance and driver’s license. He...
ENMU hits goal in attracting new students
June 21st, 2003
The Eastern New Mexico University President Steven G. Gamble told the university’s Board of Regents on Saturday he is confident that for the first time since 1988, ENMU’s enrollment of full-time f...
Obits June 22
June 21st, 2003
Mary Hallford, 96
Mary Hallford, 96, of Portales, died Friday, June 21, 2003, at Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales.
She was born on July 7, 1906, in Hall County, Texas, to Ollie and Alexand...
Personalities Plus -- Olga Hill
June 21st, 2003
Name: Olga Hill
Age: 84
Hometown: Teague, Texas
Family: Husband, Harvey; a son, Lowery Hill; and three daughters, Maxine Anderson, Wanda Stephenson and Mona Roberts
What’s your idea of a perfect d...
Mechanic a man of great compassion
June 21st, 2003
Watching TV and sharing ice cream with his best friend, a Boston terrier named Sassee, is how John Bogey enjoyed spending his evenings, family members said.
A caring and helpful man was how Oleta Boge...
Armitage trying to go out with style
June 19th, 2003
Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a four-part series on Portales Area Rodeo team representatives in July’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington. Rodeoers previously featured...
Celebration welcomes home troops
June 19th, 2003
Ken Huey has vivid memories of the public reaction he received while serving in the Air Force during the Vietnam era.
“My wife, then my girlfriend, was a student at (the University of New Mexico) an...
Zas fourth in LSC South volleyball poll
June 19th, 2003
West Texas A&M received 15 of a possible 18 first-place votes in the Lone Star Conference’s South Division preseason volleyball poll.
The Lady Buffs, who have made 14 NCAA postseason appearances in...
Diamondbacks stay alive in Tri-County
June 19th, 2003
CLOVIS — Brandon Adkins’ grand slam highlighted a seven-run fifth-inning as the Roosevelt County Diamondbacks stayed alive in the Tri-County Major league tournament Thursday with a 12-7 win over t...
Retirement doesn't slow down Blair
June 19th, 2003
Born in October 1925 in Roosevelt County to F.M. and Zona Blair, Joe Blair, 78, has called Portales home most of his life.
Blair’s father homesteaded land in Curry County in 1906. He and his mother...
Schlenker has a kind heart for kids
June 19th, 2003
This is the first in a series of profiles on 2003 Pioneer of the Year candidates.
J.R. “Chick” Schlenker’s daughter, Patsy Neely, described her father as a true example of what a good person sho...
Committee searches for Ute project director
June 19th, 2003
The board of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority has begun the process of hiring a director for the Ute Reservoir pipeline project.
A search committe will publish a request for proposals for...
Obits June 20
June 19th, 2003
J.D. Cox, 77
J.D. “Red” Cox, 77, of Lubbock, died Thursday, June 19, 2003, at his home.
He was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Elida, to Sally Ann and J.D. “Dory” Cox.
His mother died when he was 2 we...
White Sands: A unique experience
June 18th, 2003
One of the world’s greatest natural wonders can be found in New Mexico at White Sands National Monument.
“White Sands is so unique because there is no other place like it on the planet and it is h...
Officials concerned about cities' finances for proposed water plan
June 18th, 2003
Federal and state officials raised questions Wednesday about some eastern New Mexico communities’ ability to pay for their share of the renewable water delivery system proposed by the Eastern New Me...
Sant prepares for third time at nationals
June 18th, 2003
Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series on Portales Area Rodeo team representatives in July’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington. Tuesday's story featured
Cannon awaits new squadron planes
June 18th, 2003
Cannon Air Force Base is getting an entire squadron of new planes, the last three of which are scheduled to arrive Friday from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.
The new F-16CJ planes, also known...
Obits June 19
June 18th, 2003
Shaylyn Wise, 14
Shaylyn Marie Wise, 14, of Lakewood, Colo., died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, in Lakewood.
She was born on May 4, 1989.
She was preceded in death by two great-grandfathers; a great-grand...
Bennett can focus solely on cutting this year
June 17th, 2003
Editors note: This is the second in a four-part series on the Portales Area Rodeo team representatives in July's National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington. The first story featured
Letters to the Editor
June 17th, 2003
As the wife of one of the couple of hundred Cannon Air Force Base personnel who aren’t back yet, I am upset about the homecoming celebration scheduled Saturday.
Don’t get me wrong; the idea behin...
Commission accepts resolution opposing gender identity bill
June 17th, 2003
The Roosevelt County Commission adopted a resolution on Tuesday opposing Senate Bill 28, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The resolution also states that...
Citites plan party for troops
June 17th, 2003
Portales and Clovis residents are throwing a party for their military neighbors from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Greene Acres Park in Clovis.
The event is dubbed, “Salute to Our Troops: A Homecoming Cel...
Reading program enhances youth
June 17th, 2003
Three first grade girls read children books at the Portales Municipal School Board meeting Monday night, validating the effectiveness of a new program in the area teaching low-level readers techniques...
Resident awarded for fixing generator
June 17th, 2003
Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. presented a certificate of appreciation to Michael Parkey after he fixed a generator at the Portales Police Department on the night of June 4, when tumultuous weather bombarde...
Former pastor reports on his retirement
June 17th, 2003
BRENHAM, Texas — A former Elida and Ranchvale pastor recently called the Clovis News Journal to report on his retirement status since leaving the Clovis-Portales area.
The Rev. Lester Vinson was pas...
Elida News
June 17th, 2003
Birthdays
These folks are celebrating birthdays June 14-27: Amber Hamilton, Macy Rae Jordon, Joel Taylor, Stephanie West, Barney Chandler, Leah Chenualt, Cutter McLaine, Taylor McLaine, Sunni Brooke D...
South County News June 18
June 17th, 2003
Educated hunters
South County youth were part of the Roosevelt County Hunter Education Challenge Team 2003 (YHEC) that competed in the state competition in Raton recently. One area youngster finished...
Obits June 18
June 17th, 2003
Herman Baxley, 54
Mr. Herman Gene Baxley, 54, of Longmont, Colo., died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Peaks Care Center in Longmont.
He was born on Jan. 17, 1949, in Portales, to John and Ruth Stanley Bax...
Roping champ Orcutt readies for finals
June 16th, 2003
Editors note: This is the first in a four-part series on the Portales Area Rodeo team representatives in July's National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington.Rodeo coach Bobby Grimes said...
Microplex status attracts new businesses
June 16th, 2003
With the coming of Lowe’s, Hobby Lobby and Chili’s restaurant to the area, a new era of growth seems to be permeating the business community, local officials say.
One of the factors that has appar...
Residents seek safety tips to prepare for severe weather
June 16th, 2003
Residents of Portales have made frequent calls to city hall over the past two weeks, probing city officials about safety measures during turbulent weather patterns.
Many of the questions involve the d...
Businesses accused of underage tobacco sales
June 16th, 2003
Salespeople in eight local businesses — four in Clovis, three in Portales, and one in Elida — face misdemeanor charges and up to a $1,000 fine for selling tobacco last week to a 17-year-old minor...
Obituaries June 17
June 16th, 2003
Garland Tipps, 84
Garland E. Tipps, Ph.D., 84, of Portales, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, June 20, 2003, at Central Christian Church in...
Portales mother lives perfect life
June 16th, 2003
As close to perfect as possible is how Judy Shirley said she will always remember her mother Christena Shirley, who died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at her home.
And warm-hearted love combined with respec...
Personalities Plus -- Connie Pugh
June 16th, 2003
Connie Pugh is a second-grade teacher and also works at Southwest Books and Gifts.
What is your idea of a perfect day?
“It would bring all of my assigned children to class with homework done, no tr...
Safety the key issue of Little League forfeit
June 14th, 2003
A Clovis Little League baseball manager said he was forced to choose between forfeiting a game and playing in unsafe weather conditions on Friday night in Portales.
Teddy Marez, manager of the 10-12-y...
Public Record June 15
June 14th, 2003
Here are dispositions of court cases recorded recently in Portales’ Magistrate Court:
• Naomi Acosta, 24, found guilty of embezzlement under $100 (three counts), received six months unsupervised p...
Obituaries June 15
June 14th, 2003
Toynette Stockard, 87
Toynette Stockard, 87, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at her daughter’s home in Dallas. Services will be announced by Wheeler Mortuary in Portales. Services are Pending.
Leon Doo...
Scanlan and staff prepare for annual camps
June 13th, 2003
Sometimes less is more, but not so at the Eastern New Mexico University team camps.
Shawn Scanlan, the men’s basketball coach at ENMU, is expecting a small, but understandable decline in teams at th...
Police cracking down on truancy
June 13th, 2003
Area officials are cracking down on parents whose children frequently rack up unexcused absences in school.
The Portales Police Department has warrants on two parents with children in the Portales Sc...
Tuberculosis found in area cattle
June 12th, 2003
Bovine tuberculosis has been found in two dairy herds in Roosevelt County, which means the infected animals must be destroyed and beef and dairy cattle owners statewide could lose money, officials sai...
Back to the Land of Enchantment
June 12th, 2003
It’s great being back in the Land of Enchantment. Mi tierra encantada. Mi linda Nuevo Mejico.
While some people may refer to our fair state as the Land of Entrapment, it’s been home to me most of...
Obituaries June 13
June 12th, 2003
Leslie Gibson, 88
Mr. Leslie W. Gibson, 88, of Ennis, Texas, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Claystone Healthcare Center in Ennis.
He was born on Nov. 16, 1914, in Paris, Texas, to Willie P. and Wyrla...
Dinosaurs once roamed near Clayton
June 11th, 2003
Less than a three-hour drive north of Clovis is one of the largest discovery of dinosaur tracks in the world.
Clayton Lake State Park, located 12 miles north of Clayton, is home to more than 500 din...
Obituaries June 12
June 11th, 2003
Winnie Luttrell,85
Mrs. Winnie Deatherage Russell Luttrell, 85, of Bethel, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Landsun Health Services Nursing Home in Carlsbad.
She was born on Nov. 6, 1917, in Floyd, to...
Orlando trip part of busy summer for Carter
June 10th, 2003
When Chris Carter spends his school days at Portales High School, he makes every attempt not to wear his Amateur Athletic Union shirt, which shares the Wildcat name with rivals Clovis and Lovington.
...
It's all part of the job, and then some
June 10th, 2003
Last Wednesday, following a trek through rain-drenched city streets seeking photos of what a wicked storm left behind, I earned a new nickname.
I am “Noah.”
A few of my editors thought it was funn...
Commissioner wants jail bills sent to state
June 10th, 2003
A Curry County Commissioner has called on counties statewide to start billing the state Department of Corrections for the counties’ expenses in housing state prisoners.
Curry County Commission Chair...
At least when it rains, it pours
June 10th, 2003
Gary Johnson was New Mexico’s governor back then.
Saddam Hussein was still running Iraq.
Area cotton gins were getting ready for a record-setting season.
It’s been a long time since it’s been t...
South County News June 11
June 10th, 2003
Sympathy
To the friends and relatives on the death of Opal Hitt. She was born in the Longs area to Luna and Ethel Pruett on March 9, 1907. She attended school when Longs school was active, then in Dor...
Obituaries June 11
June 10th, 2003
Winnie Luttrell, 85
Winnie Deatherage Russell Luttrell, 85, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Landsun Health Services Nursing Home in Carlsbad.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Wheel...
County to receive new voting machines
June 9th, 2003
Roosevelt County officials said they will comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002; however, the county will not pay for the machines, nor will the current voting machines be completely phased ou...
Obituaries June 10
June 9th, 2003
Alma Atkins, 83
Alma Atkins, 83, of Exeter, Calif., died Thursday, May 29, 2003, in Visalia.
She was born Oct. 26, 1919, in Dora, to Zeneth and Janie Wilmoth.
She married John W. Atkins on March 3, 19...
Cities prepare to salute returning troops
June 9th, 2003
One of the best reasons to be stationed at Cannon Air Force Base might be typified by what’s taking place June 21 in Clovis, Air Force officials say.
“Our airmen feel very honored to live in this...
Q&A with Carmen Pacheco
June 8th, 2003
Carmen Pacheco, executive assistant for the La Casa Family Health Center, is trying to pass on the lessons she learned growing up as part of a large, close-knit family on to her two daughters.
What d...
Professor enjoyed work, life
June 8th, 2003
A brilliant man with a dry sense of humor who had a unique outlook on life is how Troy Hunt said he will always remember his close friend Lee Scanlon.
“Even though he understood the seriousness of (...
Roswell woman convicted of vehicular homicide
June 7th, 2003
A Roswell woman was convicted of vehicular homicide in District Court on Friday in connection with a head-on collision just north of Portales in July 2001 that took the life of a Ruidoso mother of two...
Public Record June 8
June 7th, 2003
The following marriage licenses were filed recently at Roosevelt County Clerk’s Office:
•Stanley Payne 54, of Portales, to Rhonda Gowdy, 50, of Portales....
Obituaries June 8
June 7th, 2003
Cecilia Chavez, 51
Cecilia Chavez, 51 of Roswell died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born Jan. 15, 1952, in Vaughn, to Antonio and Helen Garcia.
She was rai...
Clovis rodeo goes on despite rain
June 6th, 2003
CLOVIS — A cowboy’s work still has to go on even when it rains. Naturally then, the rodeo does also.
The first full night of the 33rd annual Pioneer Days PRCA rodeo went off on Thursday evening at...
ENMU trio prepares for national rodeo
June 6th, 2003
David Browder has been at the College National Finals Rodeo enough times to know a quality competitor when he sees one.
By his standards, the Eastern New Mexico University rodeo coach sees three of th...
Roybal out as Fort Sumner coach
June 5th, 2003
FORT SUMNER — Longtime Fort Sumner girls basketball and girls track coach Rafael Roybal will not be returning to the Vixens’ sidelines next season.
Roybal’s coaching contract was not renewed by...
PJHS news
June 5th, 2003
American citizenship awards
The National Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals sponsors this award for students who exhibit the following traits: always prepared for class, homewor...
Obituaries June 6
June 5th, 2003
Harry Dahlstrom
Harry Dahlstrom, a former resident of Floyd and Portales, died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Wheele...
Another Meth Lab Goes Down
June 5th, 2003
City police raided another methamphetamine lab in Portales early Wednesday morning and arrested a man and his wife who were on probation.
Police arrested Rachael Martinez, 31, and Michael Martinez, 36...
Elida gets ready to paint the town white
June 4th, 2003
The peeling and dry-tinged buildings in the middle of Elida will get a face-lift this weekend that would make a Hollywood botox spinster jealous.
The hot New Mexico sun, a procession of 19 buildings p...
Commissioner opposes new senate bill
June 3rd, 2003
A Roosevelt County commissioner is seeking signatures from county residents to help halt a Senate bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The law applies to bot...
Council declines credit card for official
June 3rd, 2003
Citing the state’s stringent rules regarding charge cards for city officials, the Portales City Council opted to decline the city manager a credit card at Tuesday night’s meeting.
City Attorney St...
Portales native serving as art commissioner
June 3rd, 2003
Peggy Usrey said moving to Ruidoso and owning an art gallery is the closest she has ever come to living in paradise.
A 1954 Portales High graduate, Usrey was recently elected as a commissioner to the...
Couple to wed...up, up and away
June 3rd, 2003
Daniel Hackett and Jill Chandler of Portales will make themselves part of Clovis’ Pioneer Days in a special way Sunday — they plan to get married during one of the balloon launches scheduled for t...
Obituaries June 4
June 3rd, 2003
William Clary, 94
William Sumner Clary, 94, of Lubbock, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born Nov. 24, 1908, in Portales, to George Harrison Clary and Randa Lav...
Attack defeat Sparks again in AAU title game
June 2nd, 2003
CLOVIS — Although the Portales Sparks lost by nearly an identical score in a rematch with the Albuquerque Attack on Sunday, the AAU championship game for 12 & under girls didn't feel nearly as close...
Portales police up one in 3-case series
June 2nd, 2003
Police 1, Judge Fred Arnold 0.
Portales officers appealing fines issued by the city’s municipal judge scored a victory in court on Monday.
Ninth Judicial District Judge Robert Brack found patrolman...
Former queen has spent half a century grooming others
June 2nd, 2003
Faith, family and a passion for what she loves to do have been the driving forces in Wilma Fulgham’s life.
For more than five decades now, Fulgham has continued to invest her time and boundless ener...
Lights, camera,bidding... KENW Tele-Auction begins
June 2nd, 2003
When the 27th annual KENW-TV Tele-Auction hits the airwaves this week, at least one group of Clovis volunteers will be helping raise money for the Public Broadcasting System station.
Clovis Community...
Former Air Force sergeant reminisces about Clovis AFB
June 2nd, 2003
Coming to Clovis in 1954 was a major change for New York City native Peter Hendricks. But even five decades later, Hendricks said he enjoyed his time at what was then known as Clovis Air Force Base ...
Calendar
June 2nd, 2003
MONDAY
Blackwater Draw Museum — 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon until 5 p.m. Sunday. Details: 562-2202.
Brain Injury Support Group — 7 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. 7...
From the Editor's Desk
June 1st, 2003
A Clovis woman brought several old newspapers into the Clovis News Journal office last week.
She didn’t want to throw them away, and thought someone might enjoy the look back in time.
Six of the pap...
Easing media restrictions will not hurt choices
June 1st, 2003
Remember the days when our television choices were limited to three major networks, public television and maybe some UHF stations?
When ABC, NBC and CBS dictated what appeared on television and we tur...
June is month of weddings, whimsies
June 1st, 2003
June always reminds me of Stephen Duck, the favorite poet of Queen Charlotte the Illustrious, wife of King George II of England, circa l683-1760.
I don’t know why Duck sticks in my mind. I suppose i...
Military report urges benefits to go most deserving
June 1st, 2003
Why do the departments of Defense and of Veterans Affairs conduct separate, duplicative physical exams of veterans, one before and one after discharge?
Why do these government health programs have sep...
Obituaries
June 1st, 2003
Valda Skeen
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Steed-Todd Chapel in Clovis.
Mrs. Valda Lea Skeen, 91, of Bovina, a seamstress, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at the Muleshoe Area Medical Center.
She was born on...
Storm causes two-hour blackout in Portales
June 1st, 2003
CNJ STAFF
A Sunday evening storm left Portales without lights for a couple of hours on Sunday night, but officials reported no injuries or serious damage.
A wind gust of 62 mph was reported at Cannon...
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