June 2017
Board of Directors
President
Frank Blackburn
1515 SR 245
Clovis, NM
88101-9476
1.575.985.2455
Vice President
Kenny Wilhite
950 CR 15
Clovis, NM
88101-9575
1.575.389.5116
Secretary-Treasurer
Pow Carter
PO Box 516
Fort Sumner, NM
88119-0516
1.575.355.2998
Milo Aragon
PO Box 251
Ribera, NM
87560-0251
1.575.421.2227
Shirley Carter
624 Maple
Clayton, NM
88415-2904
1.575.374.9761
James Cordova
P.O. Box 457
Santa Rosa, NM
88435-0457
1.575.472.3986
Mabel Flores
436 Baca Ave
Santa Rosa, NM
88435-2442
1.575.472.5326
Frank Garnett
1901 Quay Rd 96
Nara Visa, NM
88430-9718
1.575.633.2029
Leland Harral
HC 61 Box 41
Encino, NM
88321-9701
1.575.584.2674
Jim Lyssy
PO Box 446
Fort Sumner, NM
88119-0446
1.575.355.2811
Michael Montoya
PO Box 205
Roy, NM
87743-0205
1.575.485.2270
Jerry Sours
3729 CR U
Grady, NM
88120-9637
1.575.357.2092
Larry Wallin
PO Box 355
Logan, NM
88426-0355
1.575.487.2616
Corporate Executives
David Robinson
Chief Executive
Officer
Vince Tyson
Chief Operations
Officer
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Clovis, New Mexico 88102-1947. Phone
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We Are Plateau. Full Speed Ahead!
Area high
school
students tour
Washington,
D.C.
Two area students are back
from Washington, D.C. after
participating in the 2017
Foundation for Rural Service
Youth Tour. Plateau has now
sponsored 43 students in 22
years of participation. This
FRS Youth Tour to Washington D.C. participants;
year’s participants were Lisasha 2017
Rhett Heimann, Plateau chaperone Karen Martinez and
Morales from Vaughn High
Lisasha Morales
School and Rhett Heimann from
Texline High School. The Tour took place June 3 to 7.
Participating schools from the Cooperative service area were chosen at
random and asked to nominate students for the Tour. Both students came
highly recommended by their individual schools.
Lisasha Morales begins her senior year at Vaughn High School in
the fall. She is the daughter of Manuel and Maria Ortiz of Vaughn.
She is active in the National Honor Society and plays on her school’s
volleyball, basketball and track teams.
(continued on page 5)
May Board meeting highlights
The Cooperative Board of Directors met in regular
session on Thursday, May 25. Highlights of that
meeting follow:
• The Board approved the applications of 36 new
members to the Cooperative.
• The Board reviewed several thank you notes from
scholarship winners.
• Board member Larry Wallin reported about his
participation as the Cooperative’s voting delegate
at the Farmer’s Electric Cooperative Annual
Membership Meeting.
• Several Board members reported about their
participation in local high school graduations and
awards programs.
• Board members toured the Cooperative’s Facilities
Support Group learning about tools used and
processes that promote efficient use of time and
money.
• Two $1,000 Committed to Excellence
Scholarships were awarded to Sarah Rose
Notice of abandoned
capital credits
In the past few weeks, a “Notice of Abandoned
Capital Credits” appeared in local newspapers
throughout the service area. The persons listed in
the notice appear to be owners of abandoned capital
credits held by ENMR Telephone Cooperative.
Anyone having an interest in the abandoned capital
credits or wishing to claim ownership of the capital
credits should contact ENMR Telephone Cooperative
at P.O. Box 1947, Clovis, NM 88102-1947, or by
phone at 1.575.389.3333 or 1.877.752.8328.
The list of abandoned capital credits also appears on
the Cooperative’s website at http://www.plateautel.
com/legal/capital_credits/.
Persons wishing to claim the capital credits must
make that claim within sixty (60) days of the first
publication date. If no claim is made, the capital
credits are then considered abandoned and are
assigned as a gift to the ENMR•Plateau Education
Foundation.
Pacheco of Pecos High School and Kayla Cherry
from Tucumcari High School.
• A construction status report was presented to the
Board and included:
~ Conversion of members from copper cable to the
new fiber-optic network in the El Valle exchange
(along I-25 in the Ilfeld and San Jose area)
continues.
~ Conversion of members from copper cable to
the new fiber-optic network in the Anton Chico
exchange is underway.
~ Construction for a new fiber-optic network in the
Bernal, Ribera and Tecolote area continues.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Grady area is complete.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Puerto de Luna area is complete.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Gonzales Ranch area is complete.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Bellview area is underway.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Bell Ranch area is underway.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the Santa Rosa area is underway.
~ Rural Fiber Expansion Project construction in
the San Jon area is underway.
~ A status report of fiber-optic cable construction
in the Rural Fiber Expansion Project for 2016
was presented and included: 164.9 miles
completed, 153.9 under construction, 119
miles ready for construction and 289.2 miles
remaining.
The next regular monthly meeting of the Cooperative
Board of Directors is scheduled for Thursday, June 22
at the Cooperative’s offices north of Clovis.
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We are a cooperative...We are Plateau!
Special to the Netlink
by David Robinson, CEO
Plateau is rooted in the cooperative business
model. After all, we were founded as a cooperative
business and still remain focused on those principles
developed by early cooperative business pioneers.
to spend the necessary resources to expand this basic
communications technology outside of the cities and
metropolitan areas of the United States, leaving most
of rural America wanting.
From the earliest of times to today, individuals have
united together to meet economic, social and cultural
desires and needs, organizing themselves along
cooperative lines as a means to secure resources and
allocate work within the group.
Enter the cooperative…as local stakeholders banded
together and telephone cooperatives sprang up across
the country, those in the rural areas realized the
benefits of telephone service. By the early 1950s,
copper wires hummed with calls made to and from
areas that were experiencing the ease of “making a
phone call” – many for the first time.
The modern day cooperative business model traces its
origins back to 1844 England to the Rochdale Society
of Equitable Pioneers. As the industrial revolution
of the 19th century unfolded, many skilled laborers
were slipping into poverty as everyday commodities
became unaffordable or unavailable to them. A group
of 28 tradesmen banded together to open a
store in Rochdale, Lancashire, England to sell
food items they couldn’t otherwise afford or
acquire. Pooling their resources, the group was
able to open a modest store, buy merchandise
and then, sell those products at affordable
prices. Initially, key items included butter,
sugar, flour and oatmeal. Soon, they gained
a reputation for providing quality, untainted
goods on a not-for-profit basis. Other groups
had attempted to form cooperatives before, but
the Rochdale Pioneers were the first to develop
and apply the seven cooperative principles that
almost all cooperative businesses adhere to
today. Those principles are: 1) Voluntary and
Open Membership; 2) Democratic Member
Control; 3) Members’ Economic Participation;
4) Autonomy and Independence; 5) Education,
Training and Information; 6) Cooperation
among Cooperatives; and, 7) Concern for
Community.
Plateau’s story is not much different. Concerned
farmers, ranchers and other civic leaders came
together in 1949 as Eastern New Mexico Rural
Telephone Cooperative with a simple goal: to
provide affordable telephone service to those
in rural, eastern New Mexico. As telephone
service became a necessity for business
success, convenience and individual safety,
for-profit telephone providers were not willing
The principle of individuals uniting to achieve a
common goal is not new. Your Cooperative lives it
every day. We Are Plateau. Full Speed Ahead!
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Mission statement
Monthly survey winners
Our mission is to provide our members with universal
access to high quality, reasonably priced, progressive
communications services that enhance the quality of
life and economic development of our service areas.
Customers receiving a $25 gift certificate in this
month’s survey drawing include:
We will work for the attainment of this mission
through investment in, and efficient management of
diverse communication related ventures, which will
provide financial and other value.
We will strive to achieve this mission by deployment
of appropriate technologies, and empowering
and equipping our employees to deliver customer
satisfaction.
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website. Check it out for the latest in local and
national news, sports, weather, technology, finance,
entertainment and health information. To get started
go to http://www.myplateau.net, click on the
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Joe Martinez, Santa Rosa, N.M.
Thomas Martin, Clovis, N.M.
Raintree Apartments, Clovis, N.M.
Eastern New Mexico Endodontics P.C., Clovis,
N.M.
All completed surveys are eligible for the monthly
drawing.
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MyPlateau is just one of the many examples of
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the Cooperative membership.
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FRS Youth
Tour
continued from page 1
Rhett Heimann just completed
his junior year at Texline High
School where he participates in
the FFA and Junior Class. He
is the son of Cody and Hespar
Heimann of Clayton.
This year marks the 23rd year
that the FRS, in cooperation
with rural telephone sponsors,
brought students from
across the United States to
Washington, D.C. During the
four-day program, students
learned firsthand about the
Student participants and chaperones gathered for a group photo during this year’s FRS Youth Tour to Washington,
telecommunications industry
D.C. Over 100 students from around the country participated in the five day tour of our nation’s capital.
and the legislative process.
Lectures on these subjects
of the FRS. Sponsors were responsible for their
were greatly enhanced by site
students’ registration fees, airline transportation and
visits, such as the U.S. Capitol and the FCC and
additional spending money.
meetings with industry leaders, including members of
The Foundation for Rural Service, in cooperation
Congress.
with NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association and
Students also toured the nation’s capital and its many
its members, seeks to sustain and enhance the quality
attractions. While there, the group visited most of the
of life throughout rural America by advancing an
major monuments including the Lincoln, Jefferson,
understanding of rural telecommunications issues.
Washington, Vietnam, Korean and FDR Memorials
The FRS is committed to educational achievement
and toured the National Cathedral, the U.S. Capitol
in rural communities, recognizing that tomorrow’s
Building and the Supreme Court. Adult chaperones
economic and civic development depends on the
accompanied the students at all times.
involvement and commitment of today’s youth. For
NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association member
more information about the FRS, visit http://www.frs.
companies sponsor participating students. Plateau is
org.
a proud, active member of the NTCA and supporter
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Help children be “Web Wise”
Now that school is out for the summer, many children will have more time to explore
and learn about all the wonderful experiences that can be found on the internet, but
everyone must be aware of the potential dangers that can be present
online. Parents can help children and themselves avoid many of the
dark aspects of the internet by adopting Buzz’s tips for “Being Web
Wise”:
• Children should never share personal information such
as addresses, phone numbers, parents’ work addresses/
phone numbers or the names or locations of their school
to anyone without their parents’ permission.
• Children should immediately tell their parents about
any information seen on the web that makes them
feel uncomfortable, or that they shouldn’t be seeing.
• Children should never agree to meet with someone they
met online without first talking with their parents.
• Children should check with their parents first before sending a picture
or anything else over the
internet.
• Children should never respond
to any message that’s mean
in any way or makes them
feel uncomfortable. It is not
your child’s fault if they get a
message that has a mean tone or
makes them feel uncomfortable.
Children should always tell their
parents immediately.
• Parents should set up rules for
internet use. Decide together
what time of day children can
be online, the length of time to
be online and the areas of the
internet they are allowed to visit.
• Find websites that you and your
children can enjoy together.
• Block dangerous or
inappropriate websites.
• Children should never download
programs without parents’
permission.
• Children should never give out
passwords to anyone. This goes
for adults as well.
By adopting Buzz’s tips in your
home you, too, can be “Web
Wise”.
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For Sale – Pea and Bean Sheller - Taylor
Mfg., Co. Model #675, 1/3 hp., electric,
12x12x27, shell rate 4 bu./hr.+, $300.00,
interested party only please. Will ship UPS
rate. Call 1.806.481.5516 (leave message) or
email [email protected].
monitor. $15,000. Front Line Equipment
Company 1.575.456.1000 or 1.575.760.5461.
Small Ranch for Sale – Trujillo, New
Mexico. Off the grid. 647 Acres with
2-bedroom, 2-bath house. Community
well. Million dollar view! Above Canyon
Largo. Motivated seller, all reasonable offers
considered. Call 1.713.468.8495.
For Sale – On Big Mesa Avenue at Conchas
Lake, New Mexico. Improved lot very close
to water. Just over ¾ acre. $98,000. Big
Mesa Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
For Sale – 2002 GMC Yukon XL, 5.3 liter
engine, power windows and locks, leather,
under 97,000 actual miles. $8,500. Front
Line Equipment Company 1.575.456.1000 or
1.575.760.5461.
Vacation Rental, Ute Lake, Logan,
New Mexico – 3-bedroom house, lake
view, all the amenities. http://www.
utelakevacationlodging.com. 1.505.980.7925.
For Sale – 1997 New Holland 8870
MFWD tractor. New rear duals, power shift.
$45,000. Front Line Equipment Company
1.575.456.1000 or 1.575.760.5461.
Oh, Shoot Gun Shop – 120 E. 3rd St.,
Roy, N.M. We offer gunsmithing, firearms
and ammo sales. Visit us at http://www.
ohshootgunshop.com for hours and to shop
our online store. Call 1.575.485.0074.
For Sale – Kinze Row Crop Planter. 16R30,
stack fold, lift assist wheels, gauge wheels,
For Sale – Crust Buster 4030 All-Plant
Wheat Drill. 30ft., 10in. spacing, markers.
$15,000. Front Line Equipment Company
1.575.456.1000 or 1.575.760.5461. For Sale – 2013 Rockwood Windjammer
thirty-two foot pull behind travel trailer.
Two-slide outs, power canopy, power level.
7,500 lbs. dry. $25,500. Call 1.423.505.4314
or 1.575.374.0250.
For Sale – 204 Conchas Place, 2-story,
2-bedroom, 2-bathroom weekend getaway
in Hooverville addition close to the water.
Two car garage and open RV storage. Low
maintenance and beautiful wood accents
inside. Upper deck with fantastic views of
the lake and surrounding mesas. $179,000.
Big Mesa Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
Wanted – Turn unwanted or unneeded
firearms into cash. Call 1.575.760.4672.
For Sale – 613 Bullhead Drive,
Conchas, New Mexico, 2-bedrooms,
2-bathrooms with 3-bay boat shed and
storage building on two lots, totaling
just under 3/4 acre. $39,500. Big Mesa
Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
For Sale – 300 Marshall in Grady. New
Mexico, 3-bedrooms, 2-bathrooms home
on just over one acre. Covered horse stalls
and pens. Village water. $65,000. Big
Mesa Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
For Sale – 192 Green Place, Conchas,
New Mexico, 2-bedroom, 2-bath mobile
home with permanent foundation on 3
lots. Attached 20’x20’ carport, covered
deck and 32’x36’ barn. $149,000. Big
Mesa Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
For Sale – 7543 NM 104, Conchas, New
Mexico, 3-bedroom, 2-bath double-wide
with sunroom on 2.91 acres, detached
garage, carport, outbuildings, chain link
fence with remote gate. Highway frontage
with commercial potential. $135,000. Big
Mesa Realty, 1.575.456.2000, Paul Stout,
Broker, NMREL 17843, 1.575.760.5461,
http://www.bigmesarealty.com.
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Plateau
PO Box 1947
Clovis, NM 88102-1947
1.800.432.2369
Upcoming Events
June 17 Juneteenth Extravaganza — Great food, family, fun,
swimming and games, mark this day at Potter Park in Clovis, New
Mexico. For more information, call 1.575.760.2087 or 1.575.762.6582.
June 17 to 24 Draggin’ Main — For decades, draggin’ Main Street was
the social event for all high-schoolers and young adults. The tradition
comes back to Clovis, New Mexico with lots of live music, vendors,
food and of course, cars. For more information, call the Clovis/Curry
County Chamber of Commerce at 1.575.763.3435.
June 18 Father’s Day — A day set aside to honor fathers, fatherhood and
the influence they have on society.
June 21 Summer Solstice — On this day in the Northern Hemisphere,
the Earth is tilted closest to the Sun garnering the longest period of
sunlight or “the longest day” of the year, also considered the first day of
summer.
June 22 Board of Directors Meeting — Monthly meeting of the
Cooperative Board of Directors at the Cooperative’s business offices
north of Clovis, New Mexico.
June 22 and 23 30th Annual Clovis Music Festival — The 30th Annual
Clovis Music Festival features Johnny Rogers as Buddy Holly, Ray
Anthony as Ritchie Valens, Brian McCullough as Roy Orbison, rockers
Winger and Firehouse. For more information, call the Clovis/Curry
County Chamber of Commerce at 1.575.763.3435 or visit http://cmf.
clovisrocks.com.
June 23 to 25 34th Annual Plateau Custom Classic Softball
Tournament — One of the largest softball tournaments in the region,
the Annual Plateau Custom Classic attracts teams from all over for three
days of non-stop action. For more information, call 1.575.762.8977 or
visit their website at http://www.clovisusssa.com.
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June 30 to July 1 July 4th Celebration — The folks in Logan, New
Mexico celebrate the 4th of July with a dance, a parade, the ever-popular
bean feed and a spectacular fireworks show high above Ute Lake. For
more information contact the Logan-Ute Lake Chamber at Commerce
at 1.575.487.5253 or visit http://www.logannm.com.
June 30 to July 4 4th of July Weekend — The city of Santa Rosa gets in
on the Independence Day celebration with live music, fireworks, food,
softball and just a great time in the City of Natural Lakes. For more
information, call 1.575.472.3763 or visit http://www.visitsantarosanm.
com.
July 1 to 4 4th of July Celebration — Roping, rodeo, dancing, parade,
barbeque, fireworks and more; it all takes place in Clayton, New
Mexico for the Fourth of July. For more information, call the ClaytonUnion County Chamber of Commerce at 1.575.374.9253.
July 4 Independence Day — Plateau offices and stores will be closed
for the holiday. A national holiday commemorating the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
July 4 Smoke on the Water — Thrilling, pyrotechnic display over the
waters of Green Acres Lake in the center of Clovis, New Mexico. For
more information, call the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce
at 1.575.763.3435.
July 14 to 16 High Plains Junior Rodeo Finals — Young rodeo
contestants from across the region converge on the Curry County
Events Center in Clovis, New Mexico for the season-ending final
performance. For more information, call the Clovis/Curry County
Chamber of Commerce at 1.575.763.3435.
July 22 Fiesta De Santiago — Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in
Villanueva, New Mexico puts on a traditional fiesta with great food,
children’s games and much, much more. For more information, call
1.575.421.2548 or email [email protected].