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Portales volleyball coach Ruth Chavez looks at the Lady Ram’s district schedule as a new season, and Tuesday night, the Portales girls started the second season with a strong win sweeping Dexter 25-12, 25-15, 25-16. “We look at the district season as kind of a second season,” Chavez said. “We kind of start 0-0 again, is how we see it.” Chavez described Tuesday night’s contest as the Lady Rams’ best performance of the season. “It was important,” Chavez said. “We were all ready today and very focussed and I thought everybody p...
Members of the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation board have hired an economic recruiter who will be responsible for recruiting and retaining businesses in Roosevelt County, along with other duties. RCCDC President Randy Knudson said Greg Fisher of Tucson, Ariz., has accepted the position after a nationwide search that started in July and brought five candidates to Portales for interviews. He is scheduled to start his new position the third week of October, according to Knudson. Knudson said he is pleased...
Firefighters from multiple area departments were on the scene Friday night fighting a hay fire at Grande Vida Dairy, approximately nine miles east of Portales. As darkness fell flames could be seen by motorists traveling U.S. 70 between Portales and Clovis. According to Portales Fire Department Battalion Chief Lance Hill his department was summoned to the fire around 4:30 p.m. Friday. He said multiple large haystacks were involved as well as one barn. He said at least seven units from various departments, including Portales,...
For their second consecutive match, the Lady Rams won another nail-biting five-game contest — this one was at Roswell High Tuesday night. The Portales girls won the decisive Game 5, 15-8. “I thought in Game 5, we just completely took control of the game,” Portales coach Ruth Chavez said. The scores were 26-28, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 15-8. Chavez said the close match was good for her girls. “Our passing and serve-receive was really strong so we were able to run a strong offense,” Chavez said. “We had big hitting from Bethan...
The Roosevelt County Courthouse was evacuated late Tuesday morning while a gas leak was being investigated, according to County Manager Charlene Hardin. The evacuation cleared the district courtroom where jury selection was in progress for the first-degree murder trial of Demetrio Salas, 21, and David Griego, 31, of Clovis. The two are charged in the shooting death of 10-year-old Carlos Perez of Clovis. “We’ll have a jury selected by the end of the day as long as we don’t have any more gas leaks, or who knows what else,” defe...
For the second straight year, the Raton Tigers (1-1) have the opportunity to be the Portales Rams (0-3) first football victim of the season — but this time, the game is at Greyhound Stadium (7 p.m.) and it’s homecoming. In their meeting last year, the Ram’s dominated for the first win of the Correll administration. The Portales defense held the Raton offense to just four total yards in the first half, while Portales accumulated 208 yards on the ground and 311 yards of total offense. But Correll says this game will be diffe...
The Portales Lady Rams visit to Roswell Tuesday night lasted about an hour, as the Goddard Lady Rockets quickly dispatched the Portales girls in three games, 25-9, 25-14, 25-9. “We just didn’t serve, receive or pass the ball,” Chavez said. “I think (Goddard) is better than us right now, but I don’t think they’re that much better than us.” The Lady Rams were without senior outside hitter Bethany Self who had family obligations. “That was a big hit. We just didn’t have the hitting from her that we (normally) have,” Chavez said....
ROSWELL — Freshman Jaime Bargas and sophomore Marissa Best each scored twice in a losing effort as host Roswell defeated Portales 5-4 Tuesday. “They played really well overall,” Portales soccer coach Traci Sievers said. “We had some lapses on defense in the first half where we got crossed over on the back side.” Roswell took control early, taking a 3-1 lead at the half. Bargas scored the Lady Rams lone first-half goal off a corner kick from Best. Portales outscored Roswell High in the second half 3-2, as Bargas added ano...
Law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into what they are now calling the “suspicious death” of a 9-month-old, according to a news release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker would not comment on why the death is considered suspicious. Hooker said his office is still awaiting the cause of death and autopsy findings from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque. Kyler Willis was transported to Roosevelt General Hospital after EMTs...
The Portales Rams head east to Lubbock tonight in search of their first win of the young season. Head coach Andy Correll’s crew are at Lubbock’s Lowrey Field tonight to play Wichita Falls-Hirschi (7 p.m.) “They’re extremely athletic,” Correll said. “(They’re) very quick, very fast. We’re going to have to definitely play disciplined football to stay with them.” Correll also said that Hirschi has a very deceptive offense. “They’re pretty balanced,” Correll said. “They run a spread offense and it seems like they really threw it...
The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the 9-month-old girl whose death Wednesday is being investigated. Kyler Willis was discovered about 1 p.m. Wednesday at 109 E. Sixth St. in Portales when paramedics from the Portales Fire Department were dispatched to attend to an unresponsive child. Officials will not say if they suspect the child is a victim of homicide. The cause of death is pending. An autopsy is being conducted by the Office of the Medical Investigator, according to a Sheriff’s Office pre...
The Elida Lady Tigers swept Tucumcari in three games at home Thursday to remain perfect in early-season play at 5-0. Elida made quick work of the visiting Lady Rattlers with scores of 25-6, 25-6 and 25-15. Elida coach Darrell Chenault said the young Lady Tigers, with just one senior in their ranks, rested their success on the strength of their serves. “We served the ball really well tonight,” Chenault said. By the third game, Chenault said he was able to mix things up a little in the lineup and get some playing time for his...
Law officers are investigating the death of a 9-month-old Roosevelt County girl who died Wednesday. Officials will not say if they suspect the child is a victim of homicide. “The cause of death has yet to be determined and the incident is still under investigation,” Roosevelt County Sheriff Daren Hooker said. Hooker said paramedics from the Portales Fire Department were dispatched about 1 p.m. Wednesday to an address on East Sixth Street in Portales to attend to an unresponsive child. The child was transported to Roo...
Roosevelt County Commissioners met in regular session Tuesday, and with a light agenda, received a demonstration by the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office drug dog. Guided by her handler, Deputy Gary Ford, the 2-year-old Labrador named Ana found a plastic bag with methamphetamine Sheriff Darren Hooker taped under one of the chairs in the room. It took several passes of the commissioner’s room before Ana located the drugs. Ford said the dog was more excited and distracted than usual because there were lots of people in the roo...
Individuals can receive a variety of services to better their future at the New Mexico Workforce Connection/Roosevelt County One-Stop Career Center. The two programs available to assist area residents are the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program. Clients for the TANF program are referred to the center from the Income Support Division, which is part of the New Mexico Department of Human Services. The center is located at 205 W. First Street. Anyone can enter the...
Portales will get its first taste hosting the New Mexico Association of Family and Consumer Sciences’ annual conference, scheduled for April 2008. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Smithsonian exhibit: Key Ingredients: America by Food that will be on display at Eastern New Mexico University from Feb. 22 to April 6, 2008. The conference will focus on family wellness, health and the elderly, said NMAFCS President Jacquelyn Madrid. The conferences are generally held in either Las Cruces or Albuquerque, said Mad...
The Eastern New Mexico University campus was bustling with activity as classes for the Fall semester began on Monday. Criss-crossing the campus, students were walking to classes and various other activities on the campus. For freshman students and roommates Sabrina Villanueva and Desiree Sena, the first day of college classes were fairly calm. The two friends, who graduated from Portales High School in May, were taking a break between classes. “It’s pretty easy and calm so far,” Villanueva said. For Sena, the day start...
Name: Susan Berry Job: Secretary at the First Baptist Church Time on the job: Four years Background: For five years, Berry was a supervisor of dispatch at the Portales Police Department prior to working at the church. Q. Describe what your job entails. A. Meeting people, setting up appointments, setting up building reservations, creating the church newsletter, maintaining all the Sunday School records, printing the newsletter and bulletin, answering phones, greeting people and getting items from the food pantry for those who...
In front of a packed house, the hard work paid off for several 4-H and FFA members as they received awards during the Junior Livestock Awards ceremony on Friday night. During the awards ceremony, Elida FFA member Ryan Best picked up six buckles, four of which were for showmanship. His sister Reavis also picked up a showmanship buckle, earning the brother and sister team five of the six buckles awarded for showmanship. Ryan received showmanship awards in lambs, steers, and breeding beef. He was also awarded for his reserve...
In front of a packed house, the hard work paid off for several 4-H and FFA members as they received awards during the Junior Livestock Awards ceremony on Friday night. During the awards ceremony, Elida FFA member Ryan Best picked up six buckles, four of which were for showmanship. His sister Reavis also picked up a showmanship buckle, earning the brother and sister team five of the six buckles awarded for showmanship. Ryan received showmanship awards in lambs, steers, and breeding beef. He was also awarded for his reserve...
A myriad of flowers of all types and colors were on display at the Roosevelt County Fair on Wednesday. Hosted by the Portales Woman’s Club, flower show entries included dahlias, roses, gladiolas, Gerberas, trumpet vines, geraniums, among other varieties, along with a few plants. Arliss Spinks returned to the show this year with seven entries. Last year she won best of show with her dahlia, something that she is proud of. Before moving to the area from Gallup two years ago, Spinks stated that she was unable to grow dahlias d...
The New Mexico Higher Education Department has awarded Eastern New Mexico University in Portales $239,000 for the 2007-08 fiscal year for expansion of its nursing program. Leslie Paternoster, new director of ENMU’s nursing program, says the grant will help Eastern address a critical nursing shortage. “We are preparing associate degree nurses for the baccalaureate degree which the American Nurses Association has been trying to push for years,” said Paternoster. “We are going to be aggressively recruiting nurses from the eas...
Roosevelt County Fairgrounds were abuzz with activity as community members were traveling to various buildings to place their entries for the upcoming fair that officially opens Wednesday. In the Home Arts Building, several people were still working on the display booths that are available for various community organizations, 4-H clubs, extension clubs and businesses. Dawn Kryder was busy setting up a booth that showcases the residents of the Heartland Continuing Care Center. According to Kryder, the group sets the booth...
Football Tryouts City League football tryouts are being held Saturday at Portales’ City Park. Third and fourth graders will take the field at 9 a.m. followed by fifth graders and sixth graders at 1 p.m. The cost is $60 per child and players can register at the Portales Recreation Center through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Players can also register at City Park Saturday morning. The season begins Sept. 8. For more information, call Johnny Ledbetter at 356-8598. Flag Football Flag football is a non-contact sport for first a...
Sen. Pete Domenici said while he is optimistic about the peanut and agriculture industry in New Mexico, much remains to be accomplished as the Senate prepares to take up the 2007 Farm Bill. Domenici, R-N.M., met Tuesday with area peanut producers at Sunland Inc. to discuss the Farm Bill. Area peanut producers are pushing lawmakers to reauthorize peanut storage and handling funding, a measure critical to peanut producers in New Mexico, producers say. Without the provision, peanut producers could lose $50 to $60 per ton of...
