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New year, new me. It’s a common saying these days, especially on social media. As the calendar changes to 2019, people try to change or improve something about their lives with a New Year’s resolution. And while more than half of the 20-plus people approached for this story said they aren’t setting a resolution for 2019, several eastern New Mexico residents told The News that they are getting in the New Year’s spirit, and if their answers are any indication, expect to see a few extra people at the gym. “Health and weight. J...
A favorite book of mine surfaced this week at a perfect time for the annual half-hearted attempt at self-improvement that we all know as New Year’s resolutions. I rarely break a New Year’s resolution, because I rarely make one. But this year, I am making a concerted effort to spend more time reading the written word printed in ink on paper, and less time peering at electronic screens of all sorts. Nancy Pearl’s wonderful book about books called, most appropriately, “Book...
LITTLEFIELD — Three quarters down, and the Portales girls basketball team was cruising to a fifth-place finish in the Littlefield Wildcat Invitational. Challenged by their own youth and shorthanded by injuries, Portales still managed to carve out a 45-26 advantage. But in a season where little has come easy, Saturday didn’t either. Still, the Rams hung on against a red-hot Roughneck fourth to pull out a 47-44 victory to go strong into an idle week. “We just went ice cold,...
CLOVIS — Over 1,000 customers were without power for about an hour Tuesday morning due to a downed line, according to a Xcel Energy spokesman. Wes Reeves wrote in a message to The News that from 10:50 a.m. to 11:46 a.m. 1,115 customers were experiencing outages apparently caused by a downed line at 1605 E. Brady. Reeves did not have any additional information as to what brought down the line....
LUBBOCK — Bobbi Chitsey led a balanced effort with 14 points, and Lubbock Christian wasted little time dispatching Eastern New Mexico’s women 64-48 to round out 2018 for both teams. Olivia Robertson added 13 points for the Chaps, including a 3-pointer to end a 13-3 run to open the game. Maddi Chitsey scored 11 points, and also had eight rebounds and three blocks to lead LCU (10-4) in a battle between future LSC opponents. The Chaps are joining the LSC next season. The Gre...
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories reviewing 2018 for eastern New Mexico. As John Lennon once sang, ‘Another year over and a new one just begun.’ 2018 flew like the high plains wind, with some Curry County sports teams sweeping to championships. The first quarter of the year — i.e. basketball season — was especially memorable for Curry teams. Here’s a glance back: Winter Texico’s girls basketball team didn’t have time to be in shock. Tohatchi’s Brianna Denetso hit a left-corner three with less than 10 seco...
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories reviewing 2018 for eastern New Mexico. PORTALES — Call 2018 a mixed bag for Eastern New Mexico sports. There were Eastern teams that had their struggles, but also a historic women’s soccer team and good runs (pun intended) for track and field star Marcus Parker and cross country standout Mercy Rotich. Winter The Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team had a chance at a Lone Star Conference Tournament bid, and Maurice Coleman...
PORTALES — 2018 was marked by tragedy in Portales as the city said good-bye to its first female mayor following the passing of Sharon King on March 1. King, 64, died following a five-year battle with myeloma, a type of bone cancer. King was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. A Portales native who graduated from Portales High School in 1971, King was remembered for her passion for water issues, serving as vice chairwoman of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority until late 2017. “She was a very prolific sup...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission’s first meeting of 2019 doesn’t appear like it will be a long one. The 5:15 p.m. Thursday meeting at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library has just five agenda items. Of those items, three are on the consent agenda, a space reserved for commissioners to quickly approve items not expected to generate any debate. The commission will first give out quarterly employee awards, to Kathleen Jeffs as distinguished supervisor and Cynthia Fogerson as distinguished line employee. Other...
CLOVIS - When Mauro Ojeda was growing up in Argentina, his grandparents owned a grocery store for which he would help make deliveries to people living in the countryside who did not have vehicles to travel into the city. He made one fateful trip which years later would lead to Clovis' newest business, El Gaucho's, a store specializing in beef jerky which celebrated its opening Tuesday on 1421 N. Prince. Ojeda told The News that when he was about 7 or 8 years old, during one...
The courts and jails were busy in 2018 in eastern New Mexico, and the trial docket indicates 2019 will be quite busy as well. Here is a rundown of some of the more notable area crimes and punishment from last year. • In what prosecutors termed a "huge step" in nearly a year-and-a-half of adjudication, teenager Nathaniel Jouett was ordered to be sentenced as an adult for the 2017 library shooting. Jouett pleaded guilty in October to nearly three dozen felony charges stemming f...
On this date ... 1969: Gary Lee Norwood made the front page of the newspaper on just his second day on Earth. The first child of Sgt. and Mrs. Melvin J. Norwood had the distinction of being the first baby born in Clovis in 1969. He arrived at 11:16 a.m. on Jan. 1 at the Cannon Air Force Base Hospital. He was 19 inches long. Area merchants' prizes included: • Pair of shoes from Dayhoff Shoes • Dozen diapers from Anthony's • $5 gift cards from Woolworth's and the Stork Shop...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Uriel Ramirez, 24, failure to pay fines • Whitney Hall, 28, driving while license suspended or revoked • Anthony Peasnall, 61, probation violation • Cordney Cooper, 27, probation violation • Donavon Potts, 40, probation violation • Bud McCasland, 55, probation violation • Reggie Burgos, 20, use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend • Allen Hicks, 49, kidnapping in the first degree, aggravated battery against a house...
Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Monday • ADA Transition Plan public hearing — 4 p.m., Memorial Building Council Chamber, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662, ext. 1. Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • City of Clovis Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board — 5:15 p.m., Clovis City Hall assembly roo...
Thursday • Page Turners’ Book Club — 6 p.m. movie, 7:30 p.m. book discussion, Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. “Bridget Jones’s Diary” by Helen Fielding. Information: Sara Williford, 575-763-9687 Jan. 9 • Stitch Addicts stitch group — 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Jan. 10 • Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Banquet: “Portales Goes Hollywood” — 6 p.m., Yam Theater, 219 S. Main, Portales. Doors open 6 p.m .; dinner at 6:30 p.m. T...
This story is about Kamdyn Wornell and his best friend, Diesel. They live in Clovis. Kamdyn is 4, Diesel turns 2 in March. Diesel was just a couple of days old when he was introduced to Kamdyn. They soon shared a bedroom together. When Diesel was about 6 months old, he got pretty sick. The vet had to do emergency surgery to remove a foreign object from his stomach - probably something he chewed on. Diesel was so sick doctors didn't think he would make it. Kamdyn, 3 at the...
We asked our Facebook followers: What businesses would you like to see come to Clovis/Portales or the region? Here are some responses: • Dorthy Mckibben: Whataburger, On the Border, and a cheaper movie theater. ... Whataburger: Best burgers hands down. • Felicia Richardson: We need more shopping malls like Ross or TJ Maxx. I’m tired of restaurants. • Andrea Schnell Brasier: Target, TJ Maxx, Chick-fil-A, Cicis Pizza, a new movie theater, Olive Garden, a trampoline park, Burlington, Waffle House, Mardel’s Christian book stor...
I am writing this column on Dec. 26. Christmas is not even close to being over. This is only the second of the “twelve days of Christmas,” which was a season a very long time before it was a song. I’m whistling in the wind, I know, but I prefer to stand with the wisdom of the centuries on this one and not with Western marketing. My little $5 tree and the lights in my humble shed behind the house will stay up until Twelfth Night, the evening of Jan. 5. I’m not sure if I’m a Y...
So long, 2018. You were a tough one, taking The Dad from this world to the next. While there were many lovely things that happened throughout the year, that one event has changed me. Permanently. I don’t miss The Dad any less today than I did yesterday or the day before, the month before. I miss the sound of his voice (which still rings in my ear). I miss his advice (which I mostly took). His laugh. His humor. The way he loved his family. In those moments when I didn’t thi...
Public health officials in New York and New Jersey are fighting a measles outbreak that has sickened dozens of people since November, most of them unvaccinated members of orthodox Jewish communities. The virus was traced to travelers from Israel, which is dealing with its own measles outbreak at the moment So far, the outbreak has been relatively small because, despite gaps in what’s known as community immunity, the overall national vaccination remains high enough to prevent wide-scale epidemics such as the one that raged t...
I am writing this on Dec. 28. A new year, 2019, is fast approaching. Outside, it’s snowing, and since I don’t have to go anywhere today, I am joyfully watching the white blanket grow as it covers the lumps and bumps in my ill-kept yard with graceful, drifting curves. This close to the new year, one could say it symbolizes the pure blank page of fresh starts the next year will bring. This column will publish on the second day of 2019, but I’m happy to report on Dec. 28 that I neither contemplate nor intend to make resol...
Donald Trump, who had tweeted criticisms about Barack Obama for firing three chief of staff employees in three years, has fired his third chief of staff in less than two years. As most followers of the news know, Trump is firing his administrative staff at a record pace. I think I could have gotten the chief of staff job if I had made my intentions known earlier. It’s not like there was a lot of competition. The first four people approached for the job turned Trump down. The one who agreed to take the job, Mike Mulvaney, o...
In spite of how libertarianism is often portrayed, it’s not a middle ground between conservatism and progressivism. It’s not even on the scale with those positions. But during social gatherings libertarians can be a neutral zone between conservative and liberal disagreement. The silliness of the political right and left is clear to libertarians, yet we have common ground with each, on those few issues where they still support individual liberty. Progressives and con...
The new year is a time for hope. We want to believe in a better year ahead, so we celebrate the possibilities. Here in New Mexico, there are a number of reasons to be optimistic about 2019, especially if you’re a Democrat, the party that now controls all three branches of state government. But politics won’t be the only big news in the year ahead; the economy will also make some headlines. In the upcoming legislative session, the last eight years of divided government will come to an end, which means a plethora of cha...
Out with the old, in with the new is the theme each New Year’s. Nowhere is that more true than in New Mexico as 2018 ends and 2019 begins. With the beginning of the new year, New Mexico will be getting a new government, fresh with a new governor, new state office holders and new legislators. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham took office on Tuesday, taking over for Republican Susana Martinez, who completed her second term on New Year’s Eve. New Mexico could see more change in the coming year than it has in the past eight yea...
